Africa, An Essay

"e;The 'flame' trees that lined the only road from Nairobi city to Jomo Kenyatta airport whizzed by as we drove past. Occasionally, a giraffe or impala stood out in the dusk, silhouetted against the setting sun, and a strange tugging at my heart made me want to stamp my feet and yell out "e;No! I want to stay! I don't want to go!"e; I had a feeling of helplessness, as though precious riches were slipping through my fingers, and I couldn't do anything at all to stop them."e;This is an eyewitness account of a life spent growing up in Kenya, East Africa, until the attempted coup in 1983. It is indeed an essay on the times spent there."e;Sinha writes with fluidity, candor, as well as surprising layers of complexity..."e;