Comments on: Rest in peace, Kenyan Villager http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/10/19/rest-in-peace-kenyan-villager/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » South Africa: Busisiwe, Rest in Peace http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/10/19/rest-in-peace-kenyan-villager/comment-page-1/#comment-199547 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » South Africa: Busisiwe, Rest in Peace Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:35:22 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1044#comment-199547 [...] Kachumbari, who started to blog in January 2006, was killed in a car accident in Nairobi, Kenya. Samuel explains further: It is true that Kachumbari, the kenyan villager, has passed on -he is dead. He was killed by a ‘hit and run’ motorist while on a visit to Nairobi City. As you may have read in one of his previous posts, he had recently set up a shop in Nyahururu town. The shop is selling a large variety of goods, mostly small fast moving items from China, like nail files, toys, cards, key holders, watches, sun glasses, e.t.c. Such shops are commonly called ‘mali mali’ shops. His wife has already decided to relocate the shop to Nyeri, Kachumbari’s ancestral home where most of his relatives live, after some time. [...] [...] Kachumbari, who started to blog in January 2006, was killed in a car accident in Nairobi, Kenya. Samuel explains further: It is true that Kachumbari, the kenyan villager, has passed on -he is dead. He was killed by a ‘hit and run’ motorist while on a visit to Nairobi City. As you may have read in one of his previous posts, he had recently set up a shop in Nyahururu town. The shop is selling a large variety of goods, mostly small fast moving items from China, like nail files, toys, cards, key holders, watches, sun glasses, e.t.c. Such shops are commonly called ‘mali mali’ shops. His wife has already decided to relocate the shop to Nyeri, Kachumbari’s ancestral home where most of his relatives live, after some time. [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Malawi: Malawian Blogger Passes Away http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/10/19/rest-in-peace-kenyan-villager/comment-page-1/#comment-125725 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Malawi: Malawian Blogger Passes Away Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:45:08 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1044#comment-125725 [...] This is probably the second time the African blogosphere loses one of its own. Last August, Kachumbari, a Kenyan village blogger, was killed in a car accident in Nairobi, Kenya. Kachumbari started to blog in January 2006 and quickly added a rare voice in the African blogosphere, that of an African villager. According to a post in his memory on Kenya Unlimited site, his work did not go unnoticed. His blog was featured in the Daily Nation of Kenya in March, 2006 and on BBC in June, 2006: Kachumbari joined KBW in February 2006 but his blog had been in existence for at least a month before. His entry of January 13, 2006 entitled Karibuni Shaggs (trans. Welcome to the Village) aside from giving some insight into the man behind the blog, established Kachumbari as one of the few bloggers blogging from a Kenyan village. His unique perspective did not go unnoticed and in March 2006 his blog was featured in a Daily Nation article on Kenyan Bloggers. In his inimitable style, Kachumbari cited the frequent use of newspapers ‘to wrap meat at the butchers’ and the fact that ‘some villages see only the Sunday paper, the Kiswahili one- Taifa Jumapili’ as part of the reason why it took him almost two months to obtain a copy of the article. steve sharra [...] [...] This is probably the second time the African blogosphere loses one of its own. Last August, Kachumbari, a Kenyan village blogger, was killed in a car accident in Nairobi, Kenya. Kachumbari started to blog in January 2006 and quickly added a rare voice in the African blogosphere, that of an African villager. According to a post in his memory on Kenya Unlimited site, his work did not go unnoticed. His blog was featured in the Daily Nation of Kenya in March, 2006 and on BBC in June, 2006: Kachumbari joined KBW in February 2006 but his blog had been in existence for at least a month before. His entry of January 13, 2006 entitled Karibuni Shaggs (trans. Welcome to the Village) aside from giving some insight into the man behind the blog, established Kachumbari as one of the few bloggers blogging from a Kenyan village. His unique perspective did not go unnoticed and in March 2006 his blog was featured in a Daily Nation article on Kenyan Bloggers. In his inimitable style, Kachumbari cited the frequent use of newspapers ‘to wrap meat at the butchers’ and the fact that ‘some villages see only the Sunday paper, the Kiswahili one- Taifa Jumapili’ as part of the reason why it took him almost two months to obtain a copy of the article. steve sharra [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Kenya: Kenyan blogger passes away http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/10/19/rest-in-peace-kenyan-villager/comment-page-1/#comment-71604 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Kenya: Kenyan blogger passes away Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:13:44 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1044#comment-71604 [...] The Kenyan blogger, Kachumbari, who wrote from a village in Central Kenya has passed away: “I just found out from Ndesanjo that Kachumbari was killed in a car accident several weeks ago. His cousin Samuel offered an obituary and explanation of his death on the blog - Kachumbari had travelled to Nairobi to buy goods for a store he was setting up in Nyahururu, and went to visit a friend who lives in the downtown. He was hit by a hit and run driver and died while enroute to Kenyatta hospital.” [...] [...] The Kenyan blogger, Kachumbari, who wrote from a village in Central Kenya has passed away: “I just found out from Ndesanjo that Kachumbari was killed in a car accident several weeks ago. His cousin Samuel offered an obituary and explanation of his death on the blog – Kachumbari had travelled to Nairobi to buy goods for a store he was setting up in Nyahururu, and went to visit a friend who lives in the downtown. He was hit by a hit and run driver and died while enroute to Kenyatta hospital.” [...]

]]> By: Pienso http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/10/19/rest-in-peace-kenyan-villager/comment-page-1/#comment-71400 Pienso Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:11:12 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1044#comment-71400 Sorry, this is the link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/18/AR2006101801566.html More related research here: http://pienso.typepad.com/pienso/2006/10/transportation_.html Sorry, this is the link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/18/AR2006101801566.html

More related research here:

http://pienso.typepad.com/pienso/2006/10/transportation_.html

]]> By: Pienso http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/10/19/rest-in-peace-kenyan-villager/comment-page-1/#comment-71399 Pienso Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:09:59 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1044#comment-71399 Sadly, by coincidence, the Washington Post ran a stroy today about the dangers of driving in Kenya. Sadly, by coincidence, the Washington Post ran a stroy today about the dangers of driving in Kenya.

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