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Jonathan Kariara Quotes

1935–1993 Kenya

Jonathan Kariara (1935–1993) was a Kenyan poet and short story writer who wrote works including "A Leopard Lives in a Muu Tree". He was born in 1935 at the Church of Scotland Mission, Tumutumu, in Nyeri County, Kenya, in 1935.

Kenya
Poets
Short story writers

Random Jonathan Kariara quote

2 quotes

If my house should burn down So that the ashes sting the nostrils Making the eyes weep Then Lord send a little rain For grass will grow

If you should take my child Lordcove Give my hands strength to dig his grave cover him with earth Lord send a little rain For grass will grow

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jonathan Kariara (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.