Luo Laughter "I speak of Africa and golden joys"



Thursday, 22 June 2023

Recent Old Africa magazines, continued

 Old Africa magazine, *105, interesting articles

Terry Mathews, sculptor ... what a story, what a life !  A shooting accident lost him his sight in one eye; then another accident nearly lost him life when he was gored by a rhino ...      Pony club camps; Kuluva Hospital; and a story of a 3 day drive over 70 miles to Kahunda in Tanganyika .... and other fascinating stories.


Old Africa magazine, *106, interesting articles

Ayahs and domestic servants; a long article about CJP Ionides, the snake man; more about the Kenya Heritage Trust; and an article about surveying roads in Uganda in the 1960's. 


Old Africa magazine, *107, interesting articles

Wonderful paintings by Bryan Hook; the Karen duka; bicycle memories; a Nazi house in Tanganyika and a fascinating letter about a buffalo spearing a man !   Apparently a Maasai had speared a buffalo, and the spear stuck in its head.   The angry buffalo charged the man, and the shaft of the spear punctured the warriors chest; his companion finished off the buffalo and the injured man survived after hospital treatment !   Always something new out of Africa ! 

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The magazine is posted in Naivasha, and always has a number of interesting stamps on the envelope !

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