Thursday, September 15, 2011
YMBK AFFILIATES (2)
RUTH MARIMO



RUTH MARIMO – Poet, Author, Social Activist



What does YAMBUKA mean to you? Describe a situation you had obstacles to OVERCOME.

I’ve had to overcome many obstacles but perhaps the two biggest would have to be losing my mother to suicide and my only sibling to German Measles all at the age of five, and then later in life having to be separated from my own children for a while.




Favorites;
Quote: “Be the change you want to see in the world”
Music/musician? Last concert attended? A concert you would love o attend? “Lady Gaga” for all.
TV shows, movie genre/actors/flick?: “The L Word”, Angelina Jolie.
Restaurant/food? All foods
Authors: Stacey Ann Chin.




What are your goals for 2012?

To be all I can be, have my memoir out, expand my business. Be the best MOM I can be.




Who are your personal influences/mentors/blueprints/idols?

Stacey Ann Chin, a Jamaican poet and activist. Annette Billings, a friend and poet.








What’s your definition of happiness?

Feeling weightless and free.




If today was your last day, what would you say to the world?

“I came, I saw, I conquered”

Where do your see yourself in 5 years?

Everywhere and anywhere the wind leads me.









What’s your vision for a perfect society?

Complete tolerance and acceptance, and above all, unconditional love.


YMBK salutes RUTH MARIMO - the black ' I heart africa' ; t-shirt available on www.yambuka.com.


YAMBUKA=OVERCOME

Onwards. Upwards. Always !

Ras Fero
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