https://www.kathryntoure.net Education, Research, Partnerships Sat, 20 Dec 2025 19:34:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2020/06/14/a-sunday-in-mid-june-2020/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2020/06/14/a-sunday-in-mid-june-2020/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2020 20:24:46 +0000 admin https://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=1845 It was spontaneous. Joy sent a text asking if we should get together at a spacious café in Nairobi at 2 pm. The prospect of a face-to-face encounter with women friends was attractive. I responded yes, explaining that I would first need to jumpstart my car and drive it around to charge the battery. It [...]]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2020/06/14/a-sunday-in-mid-june-2020/feed/ 0 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2019/11/16/true-story/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2019/11/16/true-story/#comments Sat, 16 Nov 2019 16:29:11 +0000 admin https://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=1759 my name is __________ i am your mother i carried you for nine months i went to the hospital about a week after your due date wait wait wait at Z__________ Hospital i was nervous i had not even been registered a woman next to me suggested i go to a nearby clinic and showed [...]]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2019/11/16/true-story/feed/ 0 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2014/04/07/poem-poeme-devoir-de-memoire/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2014/04/07/poem-poeme-devoir-de-memoire/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2014 10:03:38 +0000 admin http://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=1188 April 7 is the Day of Remembrance to honor the victims of the Rwanda Genocide, which started 20 years ago. As part of the process of healing the wounds of genocide, at the commemoration in Dakar, Senegal, the following poem by Kim Claire was sung by Kim and her friends. ]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2014/04/07/poem-poeme-devoir-de-memoire/feed/ 2 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2013/05/03/ron-finley-un-guerillero-jardinier-a-south-central-la-a-guerilla-gardener-in-south-central-los-angeles/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2013/05/03/ron-finley-un-guerillero-jardinier-a-south-central-la-a-guerilla-gardener-in-south-central-los-angeles/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 09:39:38 +0000 admin http://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=970 wheelchairs bought and sold on street corners like used cars but where do you find an apple not impregnated by pesticides?![...] ]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2013/05/03/ron-finley-un-guerillero-jardinier-a-south-central-la-a-guerilla-gardener-in-south-central-los-angeles/feed/ 0 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2013/04/26/bilingual-bilingue/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2013/04/26/bilingual-bilingue/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:22:05 +0000 admin http://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=958 My father liked them separate, one there, One here (allá y aquí), as if aware that words might cut in two his daughter’s heart (el corazón) and lock the alien part to what he was—his memory, his name (su nombre)—with a key he could not claim.[...] ]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2013/04/26/bilingual-bilingue/feed/ 0 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2012/11/18/a-walk-in-the-park/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2012/11/18/a-walk-in-the-park/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:26:53 +0000 admin http://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=721 A silver beech without her crown. A pine with limbs lost and bright fresh wounds. A mighty oak’s snapped trunk. A linden uprooted [...]]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2012/11/18/a-walk-in-the-park/feed/ 2 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2012/11/18/irresistible-2/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2012/11/18/irresistible-2/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:35:55 +0000 admin http://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=725 Tous participent à la saison des mangues. Les chauves-souris chahutent dans les feuilles. Des mangues tombent – des bruits, encore des bruits dans la nuit. Le lendemain un équilibre précaire entre les branches se faufile au sommet de l’arbre et permet de descendre les fruits verts, dans un sac de riz, avec une corde attachée. Des bassines sur le sol se remplissent, l'une après l'autre. Les feuilles tombent tout autour, faussant un joli tableau. [...]]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2012/11/18/irresistible-2/feed/ 0 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2012/11/18/irresistible/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2012/11/18/irresistible/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:33:24 +0000 admin http://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=723 In mango season all partake. Bats ravage in leaves. Mangoes fall, thud, thud at night. An overture to balance on treetop limbs and lower green fruit, in a rice bag, with a string attached. Basins on the ground fill, one after the other. Leaves fall all around, making a pretty painting. In the neighborhood and beyond, the harvest is shared. We relish comments about the juiciness of the fruit. And recommendations – try them in a green mango salad, try them in a beef stew or stir fry. [...]]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2012/11/18/irresistible/feed/ 2