The People

Welcome to my blog, this is about ordinary people who do extra ordinary things. People who are an example through the way they live(d) their own lives. They are not perfect, but I appreciate the little good they have done and what I have learnt from them.
Saturday, 14 March 2009

The granny who fought for uhuru

13:52 | Posted by Cee | Edit Post

Her wrinkled face lights up at the prospect of taking us down memory lane and reliving rubbing shoulders with the mighty in her fight for uhuru.

Fifty years after she joined the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and President Jomo Kenyatta in fighting for Kenya’s independence, 89-year-old Magdalene Aboge Alila remains stubborn and unapologetic about her years in opposition politics. Her admirers call her ‘Mama Uhuru’.more
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2 comments:

Rafiki said...

Nice dedication! Her face looks like a map (with all the wrinkles), which can show us the way.

14 March 2009 14:43
Cee said...

Yeah she can teach us a lot, tooo bad we forget the hardwork of our freedom fighters

16 March 2009 05:53

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