Rimoine, Shuumbai, Shadrack, and Dennis
by Dave Gibson
My visit to a Maasai village eight years ago was one of the highlights of my safari to the Masai Mara, Kenya. After miserably failing to achieve fire, I wandered about snapping a few photos when I noticed a teenage boy holding a baby inside the doorway of their hut. A girl stood behind him and a small boy squeezed past his brother’s leg to get a better look at the camera-toting stranger. I then crouched low on one knee, cocked my head forward, smiled, and waved to the small boy to recognize him in particular. When he waved back, I felt I had made a connection, if not just for a moment.
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