EAST AFRICA

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EAST AFRICA Summer 2002
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Sponsored by Virginia Commonwealth
University Women's Studies Program
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Photography by Kelly Showker and Diana Scully
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THE GROUP
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UGANDA
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Women's Worlds 2002
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opening ceremony entertainers
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bazaar at conference
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solar cooker demonstration
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banners at the conference bazaar
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Makerere campus
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cooling System!
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waiting for the bus!
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Mothers Union Kampala, Uganda
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children at Mothers Union
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G is for gun!
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Kampala Street (1 ½ million people, 6 stop
lights!)
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students birthday celebration
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Jinja
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origin of the Nile in Jinja
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Gandhi bust at origin of the Nile
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Bujagali Falls, Jinja
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tourist restaurant near Jinja
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roadside market near Jinja
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selling vegetables on the roadside
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children fascinated with a digital camera
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Speke Resort
our home in Uganda
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Hakuna Matata
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Lake Victoria from hotel room balcony
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Speke Hotel olympic size pool with sunken bar
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Speke Hotel paddocks
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KENYA
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Masai
The patriarchal Masai are found in Kenya and
Tanzania. Life is organized around the herding of
cattle which women cannot own.
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Masais greet our group
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and invite us to dance with them
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Masai houses are built by women
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according to our guide, the Masai wear red
because they believe lions fear the color
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Masai men starting a fire
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Safari
the Amboseli is located at the foot of Mt.
Kilimanjaro and is the best place in Kenya to see
elephants
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Amboseli dust storm
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zebras
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wildebeests
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Thomsons gazelles
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lions in the distance
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traffic jam to see the lions!
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a family group of female African elephants (a
matriarch, mature females and their juveniles)
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for protection the young are surrounded by mature
females
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lone male bull (mature males are not part of the
family group)
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warthog
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a glimpse of Mt. Kilimanjaro
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Serena Lodge
our home in the Amboseli
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the Serena Lodge is patterned after a Masai
village
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lodging is shared with monkeys!
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lavish buffets at every meal
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tree is a relative of the poinsettia
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a researcher from the Cynthia Moss Elephant
Research Center in the Amboseli gives us a
lecture elephant behavior
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Mombassa
dhow boats on the Indian Ocean
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ferry on Mombassa Harbor
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the famous baobab (upside down) tree
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Mombassa old quarter, a primarily Arab town
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Mombassa bazaar
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the famous Mombassa wood carvers collectiveone
male in each family is apprenticed
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Bamburi Beach
we are greeted with a complementary tropical
fruit drink in our Mombassa home on the Indian
Ocean
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view from my patio
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free entertainment every night
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the beach (full of vendors!)
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there are many things to do on the beach
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take a glass bottom boat ride
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walk on a sand bar
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see tiger fish on the coral reef
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snorkel with our guide, Ibrahim
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Our Hair!
get your hair braided
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Nairobi
downtown Nairobi
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statue of Kenyatta, first president of Kenya
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home of Karen von Blixen (Isak Dinesen) in
Nairobino picture taking allowed inside
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The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's orphanage
for abandoned elephants and rhinos
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each baby has two mothers (male Massai
caretakers) who even sleep with the babies
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Rothschild giraffe preserve in Nairobi
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Carnivore
our last night in Africa spent at the famous
Nairobi restaurant that serves wild meatwe ate
zebra, impala, ostrich, crocodile, gazelle, pig,
goat, cow, and veggies
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our sainted guide, Moses
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Going Home
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MWISHO WA HABARI (THE END)