I had the great joy to attend an annual African Market today and had a good time shopping, eating and chatting with people.
The market was organized by the Canadian Network for International Surgery (CNIS). You can click on their badge on my sidebar and it will take you to their website if you'd like to learn more.
Here are some of my photos from the event. Unfortunately, I did not think to get a photo of the people selling food or of the dish I bought. I bought a dish of injera, cabbage with carrots and lentils. The spices MADE the cabbage and lentils divine.
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| A long view of the CNIS courtyard. If you look at the man and woman in the center back you will see the gospel singing duo from Kenya: Alex Ominde and his famous wife, Mary Atieno Ominde. |
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| One of the many vendors selling Kenyan jewellry. |
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| Rasta-man icon, Bob Marley image. |
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| Pioneer Kenyan gospel singer, Mary Atieno Ominde and her husband, Alex Ominde, provided a short and rousing musical set of wonderful gospel music in Swahili. (Sorry for the poor photo quality). |
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| This table is organized by a local education foundation that raises money to send Luhya children to school. I spent a lot of time talking to the lady who started the foundation. It was good to speak with a local who knows so much about the Kenyan situation and is committed to helping children get an education. |
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| This lady sells books through Barefoot Books. I bought the three you see below and I hope to gift them to some Kenyan children. |
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| I also bought some Ghanian soap for my mother and I. I haven't used these before but I've been reading wonderful things about them. I purchased the beautiful necklace from a young Kenyan student who is starting her second year of university studies in Vancouver. Her mother makes the jewellery for her to sell and make pocket money. |
Events like this are always wonderfully uplifting and inspiring. During the gospel singing several African brothers and sisters danced for joy before the Lord. I thought I captured a lot of it on camera and was looking forward to sharing with you. However I found out my camera did not record. I did manage to capture one song (minus the exuberant dancing) on my phone. Once I upload it to youtube I will share it here.
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