I remember about sunset in Nairobi when I saw it now, We used see every evening beautiful sunset was over the Ngong Hill ,my kids were still small , we were enjoy to see beautiful sunset and plenty of stars in the sky at night.
In Kenya the place where we lived called "Karen " name was from Karen Buruxen author of book " Out of Africa" it is also famous as movie , we lived near the " Karen Buruxen Museum".I was visited that garden on sunday with my kids ,Museum's garden was very beautiful and sometimes we could meet some Japaneaese turists there.
And in 1984 there was making movie of " Out Of Africa " in Nairobi ,that time my son was not yet born means I was not mother yet, some of our friends played that movie as extra.I didn't realized yet what kind of movie they were going to play .
Later when we came back to Japan with my first baby in 1985 December at Christmas , we went watch that movie at theater we surprised there are Robert Redford role playing, I didn't know that but my husband said "this is that movie we played as extra in Nairobi", then we found there were some of our friends Alonso and Vinsent just one second and my husband too in just one second we could see them on the screen.
That is really precious memory with friends of our young age, they were Rwandese and they were really good friends ,one of our friend Alonso is living Cicago now sometimes telephoned me few years ago and I could talked Marsia who was my neighbour for few month in Burundi a mother of my husband's school friend ,when I met her she wanted flee from bad situation in Burundi there was already problem of interahamue threatened her tribe it was 1991,she is also Rwandese in Burundi who were exiled for more than twenty years same as other Rwandese.Now she is living Cicago, she said me on phone "there is no scare any more but missing my country."
Now some of Rwandese were repatriated but some were doesn't go back to their country because of sad history of their country. One of our friend Vincent who married French lady he and his wife were also very good friends of us now he lives in France and he called his two younger sisters to France , he has five children same age as my sons and daughter. And one of our friend Bosco is living in Kigali Rwanda with other friends .
Two of our Rwandese friends they came to visit us one day in Japan about ten years ago, last time in Nairobi when they saw my kids were still young around 5 , 4, and 2 it was last we met and it was before the war in Rwanda,then about 8 years later they came to learn about volunteer work in Japan and they met my kids were grown up to teenager they were so glad to see my children so much .Then they returned to Rwanda to try to build up their country from damage of their country's sad hitory.
I thought they are so brave that to looking future of their country, it is not easy to wipe out deep grief from mind.
We had very good time when we were young our memory in Nairobi there was peace and dreams that time was nobody imagine such a terrible things happen to in their country Rwanda, after that we lived each way, different country and living very far but our memory is still as young we were , and friends as soul still now . They are people who I've met how kindly, simple and very honesty I can say goodness people they are in my life.
But it is memory now.. sometimes I remember it, the time when we were young which we spend time together we had dreams as young we were.
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