Am so lol! at the 21 Questions running through your mind when you see someone with a Kenyan thing on them. I go through that too and at times walk up to them & ask a few Qs.

That Google Doodle is just too good am oggling at it again, and again. That’s doodled to perfection!!

Your post is really important as it makes us aware of our prejudices and negatives on seeing our cultures appropriated. I completly understand your feelings on seeing the “Kiondo” and then wondering if the person is Kenyan or from somewhere else – then we start to have feelings of being “appropriated” by other cultures as if there is something negative about enjoying and participating in other people’s culture. I was minded of that today myself. The realities are that we should be proud that people appreiciate our respective cutlures traditions symbols and so on. I think there is a big difference between “appropriating” and “appreciating” or “respecting”. The former is to take over or to take away whilst the latter is to give and acknowledge. Not sure if all this makes sense really.

I have enjoyed taking part and learning about your country and everyone’s feelings towards Kenya – for me its kind of like being invited into someone elses house which is wonderful and you feel good at the welcome you recieve but still you kind of feel it would be nice to go home too and then you start to miss your own home – but aahhh – we have to live, no?