Table of Contents
Foreword Robert Coles ix
Introduction: Into Africa xiii
Finding Sister Luise 1
The Road to and from Thika 15
Takataka 21
A Chicken Farm, the 241N Machine, and a Visit to Safi Textiles 25
Standard 33
African Scarves 41
"I Am Crying to You!" 47
Kawangware 51
"We Are So Glad You Are Not Dead!" 58
Mikono 71
Stories from the Grass 83
Khadija's Son 93
In Malindi 97
The Tree of Life 104
Consolation 109
Sister Maureen Makes an Unwise Purchase 121
One Thousand Green Plastic Christmas Cups 124
Our Speciality 135
Adjumani 137
Hurry, Hurry, Means No Blessings 155
Some Little Money 159
I Meet Mama Mzee 170
The Rains 177
John Mutaburunga and His Cows 180
The Home of the Wind 185
Kabina Sockor 190
My Brother 194
"When Are You Coming Back, Brother?" 197
The Mustard Seed 201
New Afterword: Twenty Years Later 205
Acknowledgments 213
Glossary 216
