A wonderful evening of poetry...

My IB English students have been studying some amazing Kenyan literature in the last several weeks: Ngugi wa Thiong'o's childhood memoir Dreams in a Time of War, Wangari Maathai's Replenishing the Earth and poetry by Nairobi spoken word artist Njeri Wangari. On Tuesday evening we had a special treat when Ms. Wangari came to ISK to spend an hour with our group, reading from her poetry and talking about her work as a poet. My students asked some great questions and the entire event was thought-provoking and fabulous!