Was Ungwana too Sophisticated for Africans?
The ruins of Ungwana are the remnants of a once thriving town whose architecture was not attributed to Africans because it was thought too complex for them!
The ruins of Ungwana are the remnants of a once thriving town whose architecture was not attributed to Africans because it was thought too complex for them!
When St Joseph Cathedral was built in 1957, the mission in Mujwa had just been attacked by the Mau Mau who killed a Nun and wounded a Priest.
The Taita Skull Caves are the spectacular end result of an ancient and strange burial culture practised among the Wasagalla, Wadawida and Wakasigau people.
Walking around the Nairobi Railways Museum is like turning the pages of a good Kenyan history book. Each item in the museum has a fascinating story to tell.
Kenyatta Caves or Kino Caves, is believed to have been one of the hideouts used by Mzee Jomo Kenyatta at the height of the struggle for independence.
I always felt elephants would need an elephantine approach to save them from extinction. Might burning 105 tons of ivory in Kenya be it?
Every community has its hero, but few heroes have a mausoleum built in their honour. Koitalel arap Samoei is one of them.
Juja holds old dark secrets dating to the time William Mcmillan arrived in Nairobi in 1900 from West Africa with 2 idols, Ju and Ja.