Tales

LIFE IN KENYA

In the phone gallery, a photo of a Nairobi croissant

Three years later, witnessing the demolition of a Community

15-06-2024 by Michele Senici

It was late September 2021, I was still in Nairobi.
I was living...

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TALES

Yatapita, this rain will pass

Of nature, thunderstorms, awe and arrogance

30-04-2024 by Michele Senici

Let it rain, my love. Yatapita, it will pass!
What won't you give up? The stubborn and...

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SOCIETY

Tuk Tuk, Kenya's cross and delight

Words and music for the 'taxi' of the middle class

06-04-2024 by redazione

They are the cross and delight of collective transport in Kenya, particularly on the disconnected...

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SHORT STORY

From Mombasa southwards: praise for the African road

"...the road starts in the sea and ends who knows where"

04-11-2023 by Michele Senici

What you encounter on the road from Mombasa as it unwinds southwards, all the way to Lunga...

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TALES

The extraordinary story of Zawadi (last episode)

"They closed their eyes, intertwined their fingers and did not stop smiling".

28-09-2022 by Claudia Peli

He lifted her chin with his fingertips and looked into her eyes.
He noticed...

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TALES

The extraordinary story of Zawadi (episode three)

"we got there in time and we just have to be happy about it"

25-09-2022 by Claudia Peli

In previous days they had seen some old men, worn out by sun, wind and salt, repairing their large...

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TALES

The extraordinary story of Zawadi (episode two)

"if you need a few things to be well, don't look for more".

23-09-2022 by Claudia Peli

He bent over the bucket and looked into it closely: yes, it was indeed a naked baby, only...

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TALES

The extraordinary story of Zawadi (episode one)

"He felt his heart pounding..."

20-09-2022 by Claudia Peli

They found it in an abandoned bucket under a mabati canopy in the forest.
A red bucket...

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IRONY

Afrisan, the only cure for African Saudade

The Mug sheet of the medicine created by Massimo Vita

15-06-2022 by Massimo Vita

There is a lot of talk about "African Sickness" syndrome, which unlike the so-called saudade, does not...

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The portrait: tinga tinga and the antelope witch

Brief swahili tale in "arabian nights" way

05-02-2022 by Ferdinanda Vigliani

This story is available only in italian language

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RACCONTI

Our Malindi, an easy omnipotence

One of the most enlightening tales of the unforgettable Claudia

18-01-2022 by Claudia Peli

I left early this morning to go join the gym.
As I passed by the resort I saw...

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27-12-2021 by Claudia Peli

If Hansel and Gretel had been giriama children, they wouldn't have found a sugar house in...

TALES

The pimping old italian man in Kenya

In the dedicated week, a tale of Claudia Peli

17-06-2021 by Claudia Peli

In the week dedicated to those of our fellow countrymen of a certain age who move or come to "winter" on...

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TALES

The Sappe and giriama wedding (Part 4)

Last chapter of the Ric Giambo's malindian tales

25-05-2021 by Marco Sbringo Bigi

"I'll pick you up tomorrow morning at eight o'clock," Ivo said, and so it was.
A blast of...

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STORIES

The Sappe and giriama wedding (Part 3)

Another Ric Giambo's malindian story

18-05-2021 by Marco Sbringo Bigi

A tray full of grilled lobsters towered in the middle of the table surrounded by battered vegetables and basmati...

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RACCONTI

The Sappe and giriama wedding (Part 1)

6th chapter of the Ric Giambo malindian saga

09-05-2021 by Marco Sbringo Bigi

There are no traffic lights in Malindi, but even if there were, they would probably be ignored...

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TALES

Malindi Stories: Sappe and the unwanted...(Part II)

Fifth chapter of the funny Ric Giambo saga

16-02-2021 by Marco "Sbringo" Bigi

Shella, pronounced Scèla, is an old quarter of Malindi in which, among the thousands of influences...

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TALES

Malindi stories: Sappe and the unwanted guest

Fifth chapter of the funny Ric Giambo saga

12-02-2021 by Marco "Sbringo" Bigi

"What a funeral air, what happened to you my friend?" the Sappe asked me when I...

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11-02-2021 by Marco "Sbringo" Bigi

TALES

Eulogy of laziness in Kenya

"Ah, what a beautiful pole pole day!"

29-12-2020 by Claudia Peli

I've been looking for Mungo, my shamba boy, for over an hour in all the remote corners of the ...

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TALES

The story of the askari in love

A malindian tale for the holidays

26-12-2020 by Claudia Peli

The faithful askari Kamau has gone on a ten-day holiday: he has returned to his village in the north to rejoin his large tribe.
He...

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STORIES

Phone call from Kenya to an italian uncle

Imaginary conversation by a safe tourist in Malindi

28-04-2020 by Marco "Sbringo" Bigi

"Hello! Hi Uncle! How are you?"
"I see...

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STORIES

That dream left in the water in Watamu

A "touch screen" sky was impossible to forget

26-01-2020 by Marco C.

The afternoon was breezy and brought large clouds that I had never seen so low in all my life.
It seemed...

CLAUDIA'S TALES

The last Kenyan census

The ironic and gentle view of a woman who lived in Malindi

22-08-2019 by Claudia Peli

Some time ago in Malindi was made the census.
I thought it ...

25-05-2019 by Freddie del Curatolo

24-05-2019 by Freddie del Curatolo

23-05-2019 by Freddie del Curatolo

22-05-2019 by Freddie del Curatolo

21-05-2019 by Freddie del Curatolo

10-06-2018 by Alessandro Veneziani

04-05-2018 by Freddie del Curatolo

20-02-2018 by Marco C.

RACCONTI

05-10-2017 by Binyavanga Wainaina

TALES OF CLAUDIA

Zawadi

17-11-2016 by Claudia Peli

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How important is to know kiswahili

22-04-2016 by Donatella Crispino

For the first few months when I was still a nobody in Kenya, I was devoting my time to wandering around and...

25-03-2016 by Donatella Crispino

04-11-2013 by Emilia Marasco

08-10-2013 by Nello

10-09-2013 by Camillo Vittici

08-08-2013 by Hilary Mazzon

Kenya: happiness is only real when shared

...and I can continue to be young

23-01-2013 by Hilary Mazzon

It is only when you see the results that you have the will to go on and keep dreaming.
I come...

25-12-2012 by Camillo Vittici

03-03-2012 by Sofia Kenyasafaritop

11-01-2012 by Claudia Peli

29-12-2011 by Claudia Peli

26-11-2011 by Claudia Peli

12-09-2011 by Claudia Peli

12-08-2011 by Claudia Peli

29-07-2011 by Fedele Turci L'Odoard

22-07-2011 by Camillo Vittici

15-06-2011 by Claudia Peli

03-05-2011 by Claudia Peli

14-04-2011 by Camillo Vittici

CLAUDIA TALES

The ironic and polite eye of an italian lady living in Malindi

18-03-2011 by Claudia Peli

This morning I went to the office of Safaricom to register my sim card.
The clerk kindly said to me to sit down in the queue and Wait my turn.
I Looked around and I have not seen any row.
"Excuse me, What tail?"
"The That, out in the street."
"Ah ... though!"

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24-02-2011 by Camillo Vittici

02-02-2011 by Georg Von Eisen

18-01-2011 by Alessandro Veneziani

15-12-2010 by Alessandro Veneziani

25-11-2010 by Alessandro Veneziani

29-10-2010 by Claudia Peli

21-09-2010 by Claudia Peli

01-08-2010 by Claudia Peli

08-07-2010 by Claudia Peli

17-06-2010 by Georg Von Eisen

12-05-2010 by Ombretta Passarelli

Karibu Kenya my friend

The ironic and quiet voice of an italian writer in Malindi

25-02-2010 by Claudia Peli

Last week a friend from Italy came to visit me.
I have spoken to her so often during these years about the beauty of Kenya and...

27-01-2010 by Claudia Peli

20-12-2009 by Claudia Peli

06-11-2009 by Claudia Peli

01-10-2009 by Claudia Peli

05-08-2009 by Claudia Peli

16-07-2009 by Claudia Peli

04-06-2009 by Claudia Peli

21-10-2008 by Donatella Crispino