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Setting up a new pinned tweet on Pwani history, culture and experiences. My website had some issues and is being worked on, so before the other stories are uploaded up on the website again, here's a thread of Twitter threads I've done over Pwani Tribune's lifetime...

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'With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.'

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Meru Elders (Njuri Ncheke) defend Interior CS Prof. Kithure Kindiki and Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome. They say, attacks on the two are politically motivated. #KBCniYetu ^EM

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Voices from Mombasa County: If you find time to be at #MombasaInternationalShow , please support a madafu vendor near the entrance. You will find him and his business partner literally inside a coconut!😄 A creative stall. His name is Matano Tabwara and he shared some thoughts...

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History: Jamhuri Day 1976, US Marine Corps jets stage a fly-past over Nairobi, with Jomo Kenyatta saluting with his fly-whisk. After, Idi Amin states to OAU, "Uganda had never dreamed of any subversive activities against the brotherly and sisterly people of Kenya". Backstory...

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Ever used the word 'kibarua' or phrase 'niko kibaruani'? Well, the word 'kibarua' gained prominence on the Kenyan Coast in the 19th century to mean a system of day labour for slaves at the docks. They in turn paid their 'masters' half their daily earnings. A thread...

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Crocodile meat from the licensed supplier at Majengo, Kanamai. I marinated it with garlic, ginger, squeezed lemon and orange. Third frame, served with sima and mchicha wa nazi. Not too bad I think.

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Matsangoni, Kilifi County, within the villages. God must have taken his time to create Kilifi.

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Just a few years ago...

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Ile record chefs Wa Kenya wanaweza break tuu ni ngono🫢🫢🫣🫣 Kwanza wale Wa Coast.... Ngono tupuu...🤣🤣🤣

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The simplicity of life in Chumani, Kilifi.

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This is the narrative now? When people seek accountability they are told they should be careful lest they push things to a point of no return? No one is burning anything, it is just not business as usual going forward. Tunaenda kwa utaratibu wa Katiba tu sasa. "The people MAY..."

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Ni yenu chomeni. Hata Sudan wamechoma wakahama.

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Just had a Kilifi matatu conductor refer to me as 'Biggy', "Beba, ywaenda huyu Biggy, namjua, ni wa Kilifi". I looked right, left, behind me...there was no one else fitting the description, 'Biggy' was me. Sometimes lifestyle/fitness changes can be prompted by rude awakenings.

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Major (Rtd) Marsden Madoka, who later became 2-term Mwatate MP, as Jomo Kenyatta's Aide-de-Camp (ADC). He was the first to serve past the then 6-month rotational basis for an ADC, after Jomo's insistence to keep him. He also found love on the State House grounds. A thread...

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There is a Giriama lady YouTuber I just found out about yesterday, Miss Dosha. She has a global following (226k subscribers) from her videos cooking local dishes in the village. Amazing! There is beauty in simplicity...

African Village Life//Cooking Most Delicious Village Vegetables

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Mzee Ngala at 85 years, still playing, the lungs on this guy! A career that started in 1954. He still has his Guinness and Coca-Cola when taking a breather before getting back on his saxophone. They don't make them like him anymore. Quite simply, the greatest of all time. #Bango

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Once upon a time. Bogi Benda. He was East Africa's even more ungovernable version of Andy Capp.

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Oscar Sudi, you have to admire his audacity or at least be shocked by it. Not even a member of the Parliamentary Defence Committee but in one of the nation's darkest high profile moments in military history upon General Ogolla's passing, he was there with decision-makers.

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I was in Kilifi a few days for a coconut nursery establishment, by growers specifically growing coconut seedlings (Mtsamuri breed) for sale. Mtsamuri is one of the breeds with the best tasting fruit, it's a bit shorter than the common coconut trees.

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Ages at the 1952 State of Emergency: Bildad Kaggia - 31, Fred Kubai - 35, Paul Ngei - 29, Ramogi Achieng Oneko - 32, Field-Marshal Muthoni - 21. Mboya joined 4 years later at 26, Ronald Ngala 5 years later at 34. You're never too young to save your country. #RejectFinanceBill2024

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Found this hidden eatery gem in Watamu, Prawns Lake. A conservation initiative by the locals. Where you are not allowed to fish within a 50 metre radius of the bandas. They slowly built it from scratch, unfunded. Each member bringing their own set of materials (e.g makuti)...

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This week I shared a meal with a 100+ year old who fought in World War II. I found him in Taita Taveta County. By estimation, he was born in 1919. Amazingly, he has memorized his phone number & can recall key events like Kamba occupation of Shimba Hills. His story will be told...

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I am now convinced that as Kenyans we might be fighting the same war but many don't know the battles others face living in big towns and cities. This is a typical household for the average Kenyan. Tukifika kwa single rooms na wapangaji wa nyumba za Kiswahili si wengine mutazirai?

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There's no single part of this video that I saw and was like, "hell yeah"

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The 70s were wild, a time of coups, assassinations & suspicion. 1975, when Idi Amin's plane from Ethiopia to Entebbe developed mechanical issues. A landing in Nairobi & an offer of another plane, a Cessna, by GOK was only accepted by Amin when VP Moi agreed to fly in it with him.

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"Sina hela", implying having no money, being broke. The origin? The Heller currency in German Tanganyika & the larger German East Africa. As a consequence of decimalisation, the Heller was introduced and in use from 1904-1918. 1 Rupie/1 Indian rupee = 100 Heller. #History

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Along Nkrumah Road, Mombasa, stands the ACK Mombasa Memorial Cathedral that opened its doors in 1905. It could very easily pass for a Mosque and this is the look the designer, John Houston Sinclair desired. A brief thread on the Church's history and design...

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The Bango maestro Mzee Joseph Ngala turned 86 today. Considering influence & longevity (he founded his first band before Kenya attained independence), the greatest musician we have ever produced. Still playing, still drinking his warm Guinness with warm Coca Cola. Living legend!

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At a funeral in Kisorongonyi village (Mbale, Taita). The sense of community isn't lost here. Funeral costs are to some part catered for by a Ksh. 50 bob monthly fee per village household & Ksh. 300 bob per year fee from village members in the 'diaspora' (Mombasa, Nairobi, etc)...

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A Slave Freedom Certificate signed off in Mombasa in February of 1891. I can make out the seal of the Imperial British East Africa Company-Mombasa & the words '...having been brought into the territory of the Sultan of Zanzibar...is hereby acertained to be free'. A bit on this...

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We thank the ocean for nourishment.

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Left image: Pojo, green grams. Not 'ndengu'. E.g sambusa za pojo. Right image: DENGU, chick peas...Dengu, no 'N' at the beginning. PS: We somehow normalized the usage of 'ndengu', it is not a thing. And even when the name is widely used, it is used to refer to the wrong legume.

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The discussion on Coastal people & English-speaking, or lack of, should go deeper. As hurtful as it is, it's just the tip of the iceberg. It's intertwined with the Coasterians are lazy stereotype. When i'm yet to see a lazy fisherman. Try get into the ocean at 3 or 4 am, daily.

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"Everybody eventually gets forgotten" were Allidina Visram's words to His Highness Daudi Chwa, the Kabaka of Buganda. On the day Allidina was buried in 1916, shopkeepers across East Africa closed their businesses as a sign of respect to the man. Thread on Allidina Visram...

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Hii nchi iko na shida nyingi sana. A very bold take from someone who knows close to nothing about what is inside the Kenya National Archives. Defund audacity and bring back a spirit of seeking knowledge.

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Imagine if, instead of this glorified ugly reminder of white colonialism bringing in 750/- a day from wannabe mzungus & brainwashed historians, while surrounded by idlers and pickpockets, we have a BBS 2 here. The thousands that it would employ, the commerce that would come alive

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Now completing the full Taita experience. Kimanga cha maduma (nduma), mgulu (maharagwe) na mboga ya malungu (malenge)...

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"Nyama choma, nyama choma na moja ya baridi...teremsha, lete raha, wazee wakumbuke!" I spoke to John Katana Harrison, Them Mushrooms' band leader, on them marking 50 years (an achievement that stands alone) & their upcoming celebratory concert this weekend. Here is their story...

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Friendlier, safer Fort Jesus. Scenes of the restoration project that reclaimed part of the ocean to reinforce the base rock on which it stands & prevent the erosion that was compromising its structural integrity. What was becoming a drug users' haven is now a healthy environment.

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Someone told me recently I've over-documented Kilifi at the expense of other areas. Hopefully I'll find the right balance next year. To start with here is something nostalgic for my Taita people, to whom Mghenyi Odu holds a special place. Just took this in Iriwa Shopping Center.

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Ibn Battuta (24th Feb. 1304 - 1368/1369), Muslim Moroccan scholar/explorer. By acclamation the greatest traveller in pre-modern history covering over 72,000 miles. Ahead of Zheng He (30,000 miles) & Marco Polo (15,000 miles). Notably, he spent a night in Mombasa in 1331. Thread.

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A 'Pilipili bed' in all its splendour. To those raised in and around Swahili culture, why are this Swahili-style beds called 'Pilipili'? Also, the ground clearance of the beds is always high up, what's the reason? To allow for easy cleaning mvunguni?

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Been resting/unwinding in Chumani (Kilifi), the last few days & found some local economics in play. If you buy a coconut around Chumani stage you'll most likely get it at Ksh. 12/Ksh. 13 (Ksh.15 if you're green to the trade). Here's a short breakdown of how it gets to that price.

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A few weeks ago with Bango maestro and Kenyan music legend Mzee Ngala. He plays at Standard Grill, Mtwapa every Thursday and Sunday from evening to midnight. Catch him there and help keep the music alive.

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Kufa kuzikana. Did older generations have closer friendship bonds? For instance, in Taita you will find people named Abdalla, Hussein and so on who are not Muslim but their fathers named them after friends they worked with in Mombasa at KPA, 'Manispaa' (Mombasa Municipality)...

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In Basi, Kilifi County. A friend of mine, Hamisi, has on instances informed my Mijikenda culture research. He invited me for his baby daughter's 'Kuomboza Mwana'. Marked 7 days after a baby's birth. It signifies a baby's readiness to see the world & be carried by 'many hands'.

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"An army marches on its stomach" - Napoleon Bonaparte. If a unit is not well-provisioned for, the cause is already lost. Governor Natembeya must surely know what he is talking about, from his previous capacity. This is a serious indictment of the security apparatus' leadership.

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Governor George Natembeya : Hao maafisa wa polisi unaona wanapigwa risasi huko bonde la ufa, hakuna hata mmoja anapewa marupurupu, hata kupata chakula ni shida. Kuleta jeshi sio suluhisho rais, ongea na watu moja kwa moja utapata kujua ukweli. #TheGreatKBC

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Great food, old dugout canoes to sit on, environmentally conscious...the hideaway that is The Tribe Bandas in Mwangirani Village, Fumbini. Within an existing Giriama community. A growing trend in Kilifi of families utilizing some of their space commercially, that's a good thing.

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1505: Backed by 1,000+ hired Mijikenda archers from the mainland, Mombasa under its Sultan & people refuses to bow to Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese Viceroy of the Indies. The city proclaims “the warriors of Mombasa are not the hens of Kilwa” but ultimately falls. A thread…

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I have to honestly say...there are not many places around Kenya where leadership has failed its people like in Kilifi County. I was in Bamba & Mitsemerini (Ganze Constituency) the last two days. The available drinking water in Mitsemerini is milky-white, shared with livestock...

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Loyalty was Moi's main form of social capital as VP. Moi congratulating Kenyatta after successful KANU elections..."Kabisa Mzee!"😄. One can only imagine the amount of unreleased Kenyan historical footage still out there or with KBC. Peep @RetellingAfricanHistory on YouTube.

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Tsuma Washe alias Kajiwe. To date the nation's most 'prolific' ghost buster/witch hunter. On 9th Dec. 1970 there was even a Parliamentary session to discuss his fate after his detention. With then VP & Minister for Home Affairs Daniel Arap Moi having the last say. A thread...

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Seen old footage of Paul Kagame speaking impeccable Kiswahili. Should be in the 80s during his time in Museveni's National Resistance Army. For a long time in Uganda in those days, Kiswahili was seen as a language of the military and 'ladies of the night'.

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A year ago today, Pwani Tribune as an idea came to be. The goal is to maintain consistency & an unbiased outlook. If we get to 2 years, even expand to the whole East African shoreline...the more I research the more I find our history/culture linked. Thank you all for the support.

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"Vipi Martin, samaki bado wapo?"...Martin,"Kama kawa bro, harusi nane! (in plenty😂)...tewa, red snapper, white snapper...chukua huyu tengesi (barracuda)" #Ngoloko #KilifiCounty

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Freshi ya bahari. Watano kwa shilingi mia. #Chumani

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Jibana, Kilifi County. Just a palm wine tapper climbing to the top of a coconut tree with no safety rope. "Watoto wakiulizwa baba ywafanya kazi gani wanasema yuko Air Force...hawajakosea, shughuli angani tu"😄. Another case of village residents providing the best humour. #Mgema

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Chai, mahamri, mbaazi. Thalatha Meli, Malindi. Mamush Hotel.

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Wall of Prominent Coast Personalities: Dr. Chibule wa Tsuma. Kilifi South MP (1979-1988), surgeon (one of the first crop of Kenyan doctors to study surgery) and for the record books...Coast region's first Presidential candidate (1992) in independent Kenya. A thread...

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I got a plausible name origin for 'Mwembe Tayari'. There was a very large mango tree (where Kobil is) whose fruiting was all year round. If one side of the tree was not fruiting, the other side was. My informat Katana wa tuktuk says the tree was cut down sometime in the late 80s.

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10:37 am...Ngilinyi, Taita Taveta. Just wind, mist and chill vibes.

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Kenneth Kaunda, last of a dying breed. An African statesman bows out at 97. His contribution post-presidency in raising awareness on HIV/AIDS which claimed one of his children in the 80s is noteworthy. A picture of him playing the piano for Miriam Makeba is a gem. May he rest.

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This evening, a great hour of talking Port directives, the new administration, Blue Economy and all matters Mombasa with my host John-Allan Namu on his podcast, No Reservations. It was a pleasure being a guest @johnallannamu , keep doing what you do. Karibu Pwani!

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Late 1940s Kaloleni, Kilifi County. A time when the white man was passing the responsibility of running schools to educated Africans. Pictured here is Japhet B. Mumba, Principal - Kaloleni School, together with his family. His deputy at the time was Ronald Ngala. Short thread...

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'Squid Game' Ngoloko Fisherfolks, Kikambala edition...

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Somewhere in Malindi. Twapambana na Red Snapper wa kuvuliwa asubuhi. #FreshCatch

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Legendary singer, actor, civil rights activist Harry Belafonte has passed on at 96. On our shores we know him for his cover of the Swahili ballad 'Malaika' and for his contribution/funds appeal towards the 1959 student airlift from Kenya to America, an initiative by Tom Mboya...

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In search of stories and local cuisines. At 'Rubbermoja', Bomani, Kilifi County. Platter ya samaki na ngwena, 'kiluma' hapo kando. Imetayarishwa na Chef Ibra.

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Anatomy of a political rivalry: Shariff Nassir and Mohamed Jahazi. Cumulatively, they held the Mombasa Central (now Mvita) parliamentary seat from 1969-2002, with a lot of election petitions in between. (Images from Standard Media & The Star). A thread...

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Seychellois (from Seychelles) cuisine has a variety of influences that include Indian, the Orient, French and of course African. Bokoboko Porini 'Le Coco De Mer' Restaurant, 25km outside Mombasa (after Mtwapa Creek, in Kikambala), brings to life all these influences. A review...

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Kuna vijana pale Guraya sijawahi kuwa na shauku na mapishi yao. Kazi ya uhakika kwa bei ya mwananchi. Biri lao huwa la kufunga mchezo. Yaliyojiri wiki hii...

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Spotted at Serenity Fort, Mariakani. 'Riaka', Duruma word for quiver. Mariaka, plural for riaka. Mariakani, 'Place of Quivers'. Where Kamba long-distance traders put down their quivers before continuing their journey to Mombasa, as a "we come in peace" sign.

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Kutumia maembe mabichi kwa upishi. Mbuzi Wengi, Malindi.

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"I see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom, for me and you...and I think to myself...what a wonderful world..." 🎶 Hidden Gallery Cafe, Lamu.

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"Nimetoka kwa mganga"..."Amekwambiaje?"..."Amesema sijarogwa, ni uvivu tu".

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As Kenyans, everything coming our way is fully deserved.

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Nina siri naye yesu, yanifanya niwe jasiri.

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Something for my fellow Coast people to ponder...at the cashewnut industry's peak in the 1980s, it was contributing to 4% of the country's GDP. Kenya Cashewnut Limited was operating for 24 hours with 3 shifts daily, employing 2,500 permanent employees & close to 3,000 casuals...

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Pwani Tribune's 'Voices from...' series. A County feature of Coast Counties' residents, in their own words. Today in 'Voices from Mombasa County', a legend...Juma Mrisho. Part of the brains behind the 1990s local hit TV show 'Tahamaki' on KBC. Here is his Tahamaki story...

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Carved Lamu doors. The late Mzee Abdalla Ali Skanda...the doors of the Old Parliament building in Nairobi are synonymous with him. Himself a student of the great Muhamad Kijumwa. #Lamu

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Popote kambi. Jodari na vichwa vya kondoo.

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In Mijikenda culture, twins & mothers to twins were revered for their 'healing' ability. My mother & her brother (twins) as kids in Kilifi in the 1950s occasionally had people with sprained wrists & ankles visiting their home to have them place their hands on the sprained areas.

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'When an old person dies, a library burns to the ground'. My maternal grandma Irene Muhache Mumba passed on today at age 100. Wife to Japhet B. Mumba of this quoted thread. She spoke Kikuyu, learnt from her education in Kabete. Her story & that of early education are intertwined.

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Late 1940s Kaloleni, Kilifi County. A time when the white man was passing the responsibility of running schools to educated Africans. Pictured here is Japhet B. Mumba, Principal - Kaloleni School, together with his family. His deputy at the time was Ronald Ngala. Short thread...

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Takaungu. A 1767 mosque & a Mazrui-era cannon just next to it, strategically placed to blast any rival ship. Life is transient. These days, the residents use the cannon to 'echo' fireworks during New Year celebrations. Fireworks lit, quickly thrown in the cannon & boom! #History

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Gastronomy in Holili, in the land of Mama Samia🇹🇿, where bananas are a more popular accompaniment to meat dishes than sima/ugali. Also, where upon noticing my Pwani Tribune t-shirt, @Surveyor_001 stopped me for a chat, a random and great meet-up over the border. #Tanzania

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As great as Pele was, some good old Kenyan disappointment was served in 1976. The national team failed to appear at his youth football clinic as anticipated. With KFF Chairman Matiba blaming Pepsi (tour sponsors) for failing to liaise well with the Federation. Source: Reuters

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US President Gerald Ford responded on October 20th 1976 saying "We are pursuing arrangements to fulfill your request for a fly-past on Jamhuri Day...". Navy ship USS Guam arrived in Mombasa with the jets. Her crew formed 'Kenya 76' on the flight deck (seen in the 2nd photo).

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Out and about. #001

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In Jilore, in the vicinity of Arabuko Sokoke forest, kids as young as 9 sell chinolo at Ksh. 20 a piece. Chinolo is traditional banana bread...ripe bananas whipped into a paste together with maize flour, covered in banana leaves & left to simmer in a pot. I'm glad to indulge.

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A wise man once told me many moons ago, "Always try and 'boost' the local economy of every place you go to, it is only noble to do so". So, presenting camel milk from Minjila, Tana River County and labania from Witu, Lamu County...

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It's always palm wine time somewhere in Africa...mnazi (Kiswahili), uchi (Mijikenda), malafu ya ngasi (DRC), bandji (Mali & Ivory Coast), poyo (Sierra leone), omulunga (Namibia) are among its many names. For the culture...

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I paid a visit to Ubora Dairy Co-operative Society in Mtondia, the only dairy co-operative society in Kilifi with KEBS certification, a partnership with Pwani University to have students learn milk value addition & with the best yoghurt & labania in Kilifi County. Their story...

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I'm told the name of the fish is 'Migenda', the name is new to me but it's really tasty. There's need for a comprehensive Kiswahili fish name catalogue, or is there one already? #Mtwapa

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Mood: "Tunaanza usiku" #RejectFinanceBill2024

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Homo sapiens...

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Voices from Kwale County: This edition, the remarkable story of Ali Mwachidagaya. Once in hiding for 5 years as a wanted man by GoK for his MRC Youth leader role. He was granted amnesty, turned his life around & founded a CBO nurturing & selling seedlings for peace. His story...

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Since the water cannon trucks will be in use tomorrow, a reminder to those on the controls that the UN Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement states that they should not be in use at short range to prevent serious injury or permanent blindness. #RejectFinanceBill2024

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It's a blessing to be in the ancient fishing village of Kipini, on the boundary of Tana River & Lamu. Residents here pass as natives of either of the 2 Counties. I'm learning boat-making at Iqbal's boatyard. A short thread on Kipini.

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Mnavu/Ndunda (in kiTaita) aka African Nightshade/Black Nightshade. Contains high levels of Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin C. Recommended for pregnant/nursing mothers and malaria patients. Product of Ngerenya, Kilifi County. #Mzulieni

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Before we even get to revolution, what is this warrior blood you speak of that you say is deficient in Coast region people? This is why learning history is important. The Taita were already in an armed resistance against the British in the 1890s, under Mwangeka wa Malowa. Someni.

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The only brave people who i know can hold a proper revolution are luos and pokots,These two tribes have warrior blood in their veins and arteries,Kikuyus & kambas are opportunists watangoja vita iishe wajue who to side with,while all this is happening coast people are sleeping

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