Traditional Social Structure and Kinship Systems of the Southern Kikuyu Before Colonialism IntroductionThe Southern Kikuyu people, residing in central Kenya, had a unique and intricate…
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A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life…
On His Blindness” by John Milton (1608-1674) When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that…
“The Tiger” by William Blake (1757-1827) Tiger Tiger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful…
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“The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at…
The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (1874-1963) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long…