Category Archives: Stories by “Babu” Zakayo

Omar

Posted on October 26, 2011 by William Rubel

This story was told me by Donald “Babu” Zakayo, of Wamba, Kenya in the mid to late 1990s along with several other stories, a few of which I offer here. The edited transcription is mine.

OMAR WAS NOT crazy… Read more

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The Two Sons

Posted on October 25, 2011 by William Rubel

This story was told me by Donald “Babu” Zakayo, of Wamba, Kenya in the late 1990s along with several other stories, a few of which I offer here. The edited transcription is mine.
THE OLD MAN was very very… Read more

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Stories from Wamba, Kenya

Posted on October 24, 2011 by William Rubel

Babu’s stories center on the life in the Samburu district of Northern Kenya. They are about the villagers of Wamba, and about the Samburu who live in the countryside with their cattle — their goats, cows, sheep, and camels.… Read more

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