Amin Kassam
- Poet
"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
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