{"id":4401,"date":"2014-05-10T02:42:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-10T06:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=4401"},"modified":"2014-05-10T02:56:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-10T06:56:28","slug":"kenya-in-the-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/kenya-in-the-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya in the Dominican Republic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the years the skeptics, primarily the obots, have issued jokes to the effect that if I was in Kenya then Kenya must be located somewhere inside of the Dominican Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier today I was searching for a picture which I transferred the other day from my phone to a drive on my computer. \u00a0I couldn’t find it. \u00a0I already deleted it from phone so if it really wasn’t on one of my computer drives then it was likely lost forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

I began opening older folders which contain pictures from a number of years ago in hopes that I had mistakenly dragged the picture over to one of these folders. \u00a0One such folder contained pictures which I took with the original, or very first model, of the i-Phone (2007) which I bought in 2008.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

As I was searching (very quickly because there are a lot of pictures) a preview of each picture was displayed off to the right side of my computer. \u00a0I passed two pictures which I took from the passenger side of a SUV some years ago. Something caught me eye. \u00a0I went back a couple of clicks and had a better look at it:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Rancho<\/a>
\nand:
\n\"Rancho<\/a><\/p>\n

The metadata indicates that these pictures are from April 2010 but for some reason I think that they are older (sometimes even creation dates are altered when transferring files). \u00a0 However, in April 2010 I may have been using my original i-Phone as somewhat of a ‘fish phone’ (i.e., a phone that you don’t mind taking on a fishing trip or anywhere with high risk of damage) so it very well may be that the pictures were taken in April 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n

I any event what I noticed early today is listed directly below:<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 Rancho Kylimanyaro \u00a0 \u00a0(English: \u00a0<\/span>Kilimanjaro<\/strong> ranch)<\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 Avenida Masai Mara \u00a0 \u00a0(English: \u00a0Masai Mara<\/strong> avenue)<\/span><\/p>\n

It appears that these places are located in the Dominican Republic in the province of San Crist\u00f3bal in the municipality of Villa Altagracia.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Masai Mara<\/strong> (established in 1961) is a large game reserve in Kenya!<\/span><\/p>\n

Kilimanjaro<\/strong>\u00a0is a region, which borders Kenya, in Tanzania and is also the name of the highest mountain in Africa!<\/span><\/p>\n

I guess you really can find Kenya and Africa in the Dominican Republic, sort of.<\/span><\/p>\n

In closing I also want to point out that in the Dominican Republic the acknowledged heritage is European (or Spain) and to a degree that of the indigenous Taino indian. \u00a0 African heritage is generally not acknowledged in the Dominican Republic <\/span>and even when it is<\/span><\/span> it is not<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The best way I can describe it is to give an example of the opposite: \u00a0In the United States black Americans, regardless of how light or dark they are, generally don’t (maybe never) acknowledge their white or European heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Americans should not confuse Spain or Spanish with Mexican or the Hispanic culture seen in the United States nor should they confuse the extinct (other than that which exists in Dominican blood) indigenous Taino indians with the contemporary native American indians in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having said that, names like\u00a0<\/span>Kylimanyaro <\/strong>and<\/span> Masai Mara <\/strong>seem to be\u00a0<\/strong>very atypical when found in the Dominican Republic. \u00a0 Perhaps there are others? \u00a0 I asked several Dominican friends tonight and none where aware of these places listed in this report and when I asked if they were aware of any other African-named places they all stated that they did not know any African places, names or words so they wouldn’t be able to tell me if there were any others here in the Dominican Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n

I do, however, have a picture (which I took myself several years ago inside of the <\/span>Museo del Hombre Dominicano<\/span><\/em>) of all the indigenous Taino indian words which are in use in the Dominican Republic:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Taino\"<\/a><\/p>\n

To be fair here is a additional picture that I took several years ago in front of the same museum. \u00a0There are three (3) statues: \u00a0European clergyman (front), indigenous Taino indian (right) and African slave (left):<\/span><\/p>\n

\"museum<\/a><\/p>\n

Please exercise your free speech in the comments section below. There are no stipulations of political correctness on this blog. Speak your mind, give us your thoughts, both objective and subjective. Share your ideas, hunches, inklings or your expertise. Please provide recommendation and corrections if you spot errors in fact within the blog report. Lastly, remember that posting a comment is much like casting a vote, so please do so.<\/span><\/p>\n

Postscript:<\/span><\/span> \u00a0 I love the Dominican Republic <\/span>and<\/strong> Africa. \u00a0But I wouldn’t change anything about the unique and admirable culture found in the Dominican Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please stay tuned to the WOBIK blog for our upcoming report on extradition to Kenya.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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