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     Asante

     Swahili for "thank you"

Maji, native to New Zealand, found himself in London England at the age of six while traveling with his family of Carnies during their Unbelievable Beards Tour.  A novice jackalope tamer, he often yearned for more out of life, and pleaded with his parents (each a Siamese twin) to allow him to remain in Brittain to discover himself there.  They finally relented and left Maji behind at his new job as a decorative fountain repair gnome

Maji greatly enjoyed his days growing up in London, and in recent years took a position at the locally ronown tomatory, Tomato Town, where he has used his water fountain expertise to implement a revolutionary cherry tomato irrigation system.

Likes:  sand castles, Chinese Acrobats, the Beatles, the short stories of Oscar Wilde, silk pajamas, anything curry

Dislikes:  normal people, soft apples, talk radio, undercooked pasta, overrated art, David Hasslehoff, seasonal allergies

     Pilipili

      Swahili for "pepper"

Pilipili was born in the suburbs of Detroit to a wealthy family in the auto industry.  He lived a rather privileged life until the GM debaucle in then 80's, at which time, his parents and he (yes, he was still living with them) decided to start anew in another country.  They found themselves in London, England, where the launched an auto repair shop, and became quite successful specializing in foreign Gnomemobiles.

Even though Pilipili swore he would never leave his parents, a fateful days brought him to a tomatory in search of the perfect tomato red for a new sports car he was engineering.  It was then and there that he met his "brothers" anddecided to devote his life to their cause.

Pilipili is often the last to show up at meetings, and he is usually in the shadows at parties, but his heart is huge and his passion for clean water in Africa is a driving force for the team.

Likes:  auto mechanics, knitting, faux fur, Monty Python, the Nature Channel, starched pants, unicycling and Cajun music.

Dislikes:  big crowds, aggressive women, forest fires, the show Lost, snakes, working on the weekends, English cuisine and Greenland

Also born in the Seychelles, 2 minutes and 51 seconds after his twin brother, Jambo, Kwaheri later traveled to London at the ripe age of 13 to create his own identity in pursuit of a carreer in organic horticulture.  Only weeks later, however, Jambo joined him, having desperately missed his stronger "younger" brother, to form their own specialized cherry tomato tomatory in Piccadilly.

Kwaheri is now the CEO of their tomatory, Tomato Town, and is now the largest distributor of miniature cherry tomatos in the London Proper.  He will ocassionally take some time off, and when he is free, he enjoys cage fighting (watching it), concerts (the louder the better) and the ladies.

Likes: Metallica, root beer, silver sequins, fast cars, steel-toed boots, Lazy Boys

Dislikes:  hairballs, hipsters, Thai food, foggy windshields, Cabbage Patch Kids, wussy handshakes

Born on in the Seychelles with his twin brother, Kwaheri, Jambo has always been the more timid of the two.  When Kwaheri left for London at the age of 13, Jambo tried earnestly make his own way as a gardener on the beach, only to find that nothing would grow for him in the sand.  Deperation and lonliness drove him to chase after his long lost twin (who had been gone for a whole two weeks) to join him in the tomatory in Piccadilly.

Jambo now specialized in miniature cherry tomatos and spends his weekends in the English fields catching butterflies and singing to himself.  He loves all of gnome-kind and hopes to one day raise a small gnome family of his very own.

Likes:  lava lamps, kittens, The Velvet Underground, hummus and pita bread, the color pink

Dislikes:  monster truck rallies, the smell of gasoline, mean people, Brittany Spears, florescent lighting, vinyl

The chief of the AfriGnomes, was born outside of Siberia (the AfriGnomes care not for the distinction bewteen tundra and grass).  Moja was born to lead.  It is said that within minutes of his gnome birth, he had already found a sceptor and was ordering the doctors and nurses how to care for him.

After only two years in the harsh Russian elements, Moja set his sites on England, sure that he would find his destiny there.  After years of searching and self-exploration, Moja finally found his calling and the team that would help him.  On a rainy day in Autumn,  not too far from Trafalgar, Moja found himself in a tomatory, called Tomato Town, where he met his "brothers in cause", Jambo, Kwaheri, Pilipili, Maji and Asante, all of whom instantly knew that they had found their leader.

Moja would later explain that his purpose was to bring clean water to those who have none, and that he wanted to start with one of the dryest places on Earth, Kenya.  The other AfriGnomes jumped eagerly aboard this cause and formed an unstoppable team.

Likes:  world peace, diplomacy, power tools, John Cougar Melancamp, the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders

Dislikes:  suffering, injustice, unkempt lawns, light beer, people who don't like the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders