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...Wambui Chege, a student at Cornell Medical School, was in the area visiting her sister and came to show support for the choirs...

Author: By Robin M. Wasserman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Choirs Come Together in Song, Worship | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

...Aidman's internationally toured revue, a few actors divide up seventy monologues (Masters' original had two hundred and forty four) and deliver them as souls speaking from the grave. They are complemented by two more players (Will Hines and Regina Wambui Macharia) singing folk ballads and spirituals throughout which compose a thematic matrix for the entire...

Author: By Thomas Madsen, | Title: Memory Ignites in Nora Theater's Spoon | 2/1/1996 | See Source »

While Otieno's body lay in cold storage last week in a Nairobi mortuary, the legal battle raged over whether the lawyer should receive a traditional Luo tribal burial at his ancestral homeland near Lake Victoria or a Christian interment outside Nairobi. His widow Wambui Otieno initially feared she would be made to shave her head and marry Otieno's younger brother if the burial were held according to Luo custom. While her qualms now appear unfounded, she continues to insist that Luo tribal laws are "out of step with civilization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya: No Way to Rest in Peace | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

When a judge ruled in the tribe's favor in February, Wambui Otieno obtained an order blocking the burial pending an appeal this month. Wangari Mathai, chairman of Kenya's National Council of Women, last week gathered signatures for a petition that calls on parliament to safeguard the rights of surviving spouses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya: No Way to Rest in Peace | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

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