Tag Archives: Kenya

Kitties in Africa, Past and Present

Posted on 17/02/2013 by

With the new year upon us, I look back at the animals I brought here from Kenya.  That included: 3 cats, 2 dogs, my 2 horses, and a van-load of Alpine and Boer breeding goats for our restocking and herd upgrading … Continue reading →

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Posted in Africa-East, Cats, East central Africa, Pets, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Artist-in-Resident at the Hotel Club du Lac Tanganyika: Art Helping Kids in Africa

Posted on 01/12/2012 by

 Art does not need justification, nobody has to be excused for making art… – Robert Omundi Robert Omundi, Resident Artist at the Hotel Club du Lac Tanganyika, has a goal: To inspire, disciple and enable vulnerable children, orphans and street … Continue reading →

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Posted in Africa-East, Art in Africa, Burundi, Hotel Club du Lac Tanganyika2, Living here | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

Livestock Restocking in Burundi: More Complicated than ‘The Gift of a Goat’

Posted on 23/04/2012 by

Livestock – particularly goats – play a key role in smallholders’ agricultural activities in Burundi.  They are a ‘savings-bank on the hoof’, thus can be sold in case of emergency for cash.  Their manure and urine provide excellent inputs for … Continue reading →

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Posted in After the War, Agriculture, Appropriate technology, Breeds of livestock, Burundi, Dairy goats, Development, Goat farmer, Livestock | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Lulu-Cat, an F1 African Wildcat

Posted on 05/04/2012 by

Lulu was an F1 / 50%  African Wild Cat x barn tabby. He was born in Kenya, in the Ngong Hills forest.  Lulu came with me here to Burundi, on the north End of Lake Tanganyika – dying at the … Continue reading →

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Dreams of Agroforestry in the Highlands of East Africa

Posted on 10/02/2012 by

For the second time this week, I have had a vivid dream in which I was training a group of technicians and farmers about intercropping and hedgerow strategies, using Leucaena leucocephala, together with associated use in areas of livestock, crops, soil-water … Continue reading →

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Cat Culture in the Tropics

Posted on 06/12/2011 by

[First posted 19 October 2009,  Revised 6 December 2011] Several weeks ago  my cat Binty died.  She was nearly 14, which is an exceptionally good age to reach here in the tropics, where diseases and climates take heavy tolls on … Continue reading →

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Visitors on the Wild Side of Lake Tanganyika – II

Posted on 17/09/2011 by

Part I is here: Visitors on the Wild Side of Lake Tanganyika – I  Moving ‘up’ the wildlife chain…  We have many guinea fowl in the wild – and a while back I was given a clutch to keep.  They make excellent … Continue reading →

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Posted in Africa-Central, Africa-East, Chimpanzees, Hippopotimus, Hotel Club du Lac Tanganyika2, John Hanning Speke, Lake Tanzanya, Living here, Rusizi River ^ Wetlands, Wild boar, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments