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• [1] PROFESSOR BAHADUR TEJANI from 191 WALLACE STREET,FREEPORT,NY,11520 May 09, 2008 - 01:19PM

  HELLO LEONARD. A very good choice of topic. The land issue is fundamental to peace in Kenya. US gives $12 billion to Kenya yearly. Perhaps YOU can get a dialogue going on how to use this influence to solve the problem. As an East African writer born in Kenya, I love and revere our land. I think the readers may find my following celebration of our heritage interesting.It is a description of the NGORONGORO crater in the Serengeti park.

  Tall savanna grass waving in the wind creates a sense of movement, color and harmony, free from the control of man. At the very pulsating center of the plains is the life-like image of the Garden of Eden which humanity hankers for and celebrates. This is the Ngorongoro Crater, close to Olduvai Gorge where Zinjanthropus the first man, was born. It is 10,000 feet deep, remote, unique, and majestic. The magnificent brilliance of the mountainside, these sweeping curves of sky blue, indigo, jungle green, earth brown, dappled dawn and dusky glow, arouse wonder and reverence. Below are thundering herds of zebra, deer and spectacular giraffes. Monkeys swing from the branches. Plaintive bird-call rent the air. In the deep recess of the land is a large azure blue lake, shimmering in the African sunshine. Reflecting in its placid waters is the undisturbed serenity of the majestic mountains. On its shore are the homes of Masai men and women.