June 7, 2011
Mombasa
Today we had another lecture. Today's lecture focused primariliy on politics. The presenter, Yusuf, is the secretary to the Shirikisho party. He explained the political party and its struggles in placing many people in Parliament. One of the startegies they used was joining with the poltical stronghold and ruliing party, PNU. Despite their efforts thgey were stuill unsucessful. They lecture also covered some history that we knew about.
After the lecture we went to this great cultural center that is doing amazing things. The name of the place is Bombolulu Workshops and Cultural Center. They work with people of all abilities. The people there despite their disabilities have the best ability and it's to create some beautiful art pieces. The neatest thing was one group of men make wheelchairs for the other members who may need it. They even have a school for children with disabilities and house most of them there. The staff there performed for us and gave us a tour of more Bomas (if you don't know what that means see previous post ). The performance was the best depiction of traditional dancing thus far. Of course I jumped in and showed off with my Caribbean flavor. They were all astounded by moves. At the end of the tour we went to the gift shop so I bought some stuff there to support the wonderful work being done.
Today, Wamai would be treating us to a beach that was on the other side, on the North Shore. The beach was beautiful although it had a lot of seaweeds. I chilled and read a book.
Some people planned a thank you dinner for our hosts, Dr. Wamai, Carlo, Hellen, Ben, and Charles. We took them to this really fancy restaurant called Ill Covo. I danced a little in their bar upstairs. It was a a pretty chill day.
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