Pwani Tribune
I was recently enthralled by a picture of a human-sized plaited ‘basket’ on Twitter, the post was fronting it as an alternative to coffins for burials. The idea behind it was as a environmental conservation measure. However, it got me thinking about how it was in our local communities before […]
Kilindini Harbour, Mombasa, 1947, where the 1947 Mombasa General Strike sprouted from. The Coast region is rarely mentioned in the same breath as other regions in Kenya when it comes to acknowleding contributions to present-day human rights, civil rights and labour rights. Yet one episode stands out, recognised by labour […]
Mombasa Eagles FC’s 2021 Team Roster. In conversation with Kevin Kalama, Chairman – Mombasa Eagles Football Club, a team plying their trade at Serani Sports Ground. Pwani Tribune (PT): Congratulations on the recent launch of your team’s new season strip, great progress. Take us back to where it all started, […]
Tom Smith, prominent Bombay African in Frere Town. Image from ‘Children of Ham; Freed Slaves & Fugitive Slaves on the Kenyan Coast, 1873-1907’ by Fred Morton. Researching on the Indian Ocean Slave Trade makes for gruesome reading. Recently, however, I arrived at a chapter that is a respite from the […]
The Askari Monument in Jomo Kenyatta Avenue, Mombasa. Picture from @TourismMombasa. There are other monuments in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. In documenting the unsung African efforts in the East African Campaign of World War 1, of which Taveta saw a considerable amount of action, we must begin with the […]
A running series featuring those that call Mombasa County home. Featured in this edition is Michael Kiwo, founder and proprietor of Pollucare Cleaners, a waste management company based in Ganjoni, Mombasa County. The company has its operations across Mombasa island, and the nearby areas of Nyali, Bombolulu and Bamburi. My […]
Mariakani-Bamba Road as pictured by the President’s Delivery Unit (PDU). In 2017 during his State of the Nation address in Parliament, President Uhuru Kenyatta provided the nation with a lighthearted moment, singing ‘Safari ya Bamba ni Machero’. The internet immediately went abuzz. For many Kenyans it was a throwback to […]
A stalled Mghenyi Odu Safaris Tour bus, a landmark in Iriwa shopping center, Mbale. I have spent the past two weeks in Moka village, Mbale ward. A hidden gem within Wundanyi constituency, Taita Taveta County. A senior citizen and resident of the area says Mbale reminds her of a book […]
This past Saturday I had the privilege and pleasure of attending the premiere of a local film production, The Letter. The film joins an increasing line of impressive work by local filmmakers, only this time with a welcome uniqueness. The film is shot entirely in Kilifi and Mombasa and offers […]
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. Born in 1943 in Buni, Rabai, Chibule wa Tsuma went on to […]
