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  • Kahura, who had been active in the tragedy, told Cook that a Maori having brought a stone hatchet to barter, the man to whom it was offered took it, and would neither return it nor give anything for it, and on which the owner snatched some bread from the party of Europeans, who were at dinner on the beach, as an equivalent, and then the quarrel began.

    A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 Augustus Earle

  • Kahura himself had a narrow escape of being shot, while another was shot beside him; and the Europeans, outnumbered, were surrounded and killed.

    A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 Augustus Earle

  • Felkin gives an account of a successful case performed in his presence, with preservation of the lives of both mother and child, by a native African in Kahura, Uganda

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • Felkin 3.97 gives an account of a successful case performed in his presence, with preservation of the lives of both mother and child, by a native African in Kahura, Uganda Country (Fig. 16).

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • Kahura brought in Kenyan artifacts to help demonstrate her stories.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • As the kids walked into the community room at the library, Kahura had cultural music playing in the background as she warmed up one of her drums and her voice to the beat.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • Helping the kids relate their language to hers, Kahura pointed out everyone, even the littlest ones, knew a little Swahili.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • Through most of the presentation Kahura kept reminding the little ones "If you want something in life, you have to work really hard to get it," while also stressing "if you make good choices, you are going to get good things."

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • Elizabeth Kahura of the African Safari Program took local children on an imaginary trip to her home in Kenya teaching them fashions, sounds and a few words in her native language.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • After the close of the interactive lesson, Kahura left the kids wanting more.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

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