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      • Griots at the Taizé house in Dakar
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      • Locked and barred?
      • The children in Dakar are also accompanying COP21
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      • "Singing as we go"
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      • “Jornada da Confiança” at Vitoria da Conquista
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      • Three months in Haiti
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      • A new fraternity of Taizé brothers in Pantin, on the outskirts of Paris
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  • Anniversaries 2015: Towards a new solidarity
    • From 1940 to 2015…
    • Prayers and Acts of Solidarity across the world
    • Many Church Leaders and Representatives of Other Religions at Taizé
    • Gathering for a New Solidarity: Workshops in Taizé
    • 16 August 2015: Messages Received from Religious Leaders
    • Meditations on Joy, Simplicity and Mercy
    • Gathering for a New Solidarity: Photos
    • Taizé: 10 May: Festive and collected atmosphere for the centenary of Brother Roger’s birth
    • Summer 2015: ARTtogether : Exhibition and Hands-On Workshops at Taizé
    • The icon of mercy
    • Gathering for a New Solidarity: Echoes from the week
    • Gathering for a New Solidarity: Workshops at Taizé

The brothers in Kenya

Meetings and retreats in Nairobi

18 July 2011

The brothers in Kenya

Nairobi, the “city under the sun”, is the metropolis of East Africa. It is an administrative, commercial and industrial centre, and a hub for road and air communications. The Kenyan capital hosts two United Nations agencies headquarters (Habitat and Environment) and a large number of international organisations, among them the All Africa Conference of Churches. After the 2008 stage of the Pilgrimage of Trust that took place in Nairobi, the Taizé Community was invited to follow up the work started with youth. The brothers live at Mji wa (...)

28 April 2009

Back in Nairobi

At the end of November 2008, 7 000 young adults from many countries in Africa and beyond came together in Nairobi for an “African stage” of the pilgrimage of trust on earth. Two of the Taizé brothers who helped prepare for that meeting are back in the Kenyan capital: their first visit since December. One of them writes:Assante, hongera, tunaendela As dawn approaches, the hum of traffic from the motorway gradually swells, intensified by the clamour of beeping horns as buses call their passengers. Then a chorus of birds awakens and announces (...)


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