Amin Kassam

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Amin Kassam
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  • Poet
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Born in Nairobi


"Before leaving for McGill University to study social science, Kassam was an assistant editor of "Busara" the Journal of the University of Nairobi's Department of Literature.

Later he wrote for newspapers in Nairobi and became a correspondent in Delhi.

Among his poems, which were written In English on a wide range of subjects mostly concerned with black Africans, "Waiting for the Bus" and "Martin Luther King" seem to have been the most widely cited and published"

The Rise And Fall of Philanthropy in East Africa- The Asian Connection by Robert G. Gregory (pg. 174)


Sunset - Amin Kassam

warm scent

lingers

to mark his passage

through

leaves and flowers

breathing

perfume

as under

the surveillance of

furtive eyes

he

buries

his mane

of fire

in the darkness

of his paws

and

with

bloodshot eyes

stalks

into the grass.

birds

twitter

with anxiety

at the predator

come

to take

his place

for the night.

Amin Kassam (born 1948) Kenya

Source: The celebration of nature by East African poets: a focus on Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, MA Thesis by Jedidah Kibutu,

University of Nairobi, 2012