Pwani Tribune
Allidina Visram’s legacy is now existent to most of the public by virtue of a prominent school named after him and a bust gracing Treasury Square in Mombasa. His greater legacy is largely forgotten. In his prime, Allidina Visram was accustomed to meeting and dining with the high and mighty. […]
The battle against Cancer has many heroes and heroines. First in line are the Cancer warriors themselves, the patients who walk the often long and torturous journey of ailment and treatment. Second are the doctors, with the daunting and delicate task of healing and providing hope to patients on the […]
This month, to coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I planned to highlight the great work done by those actively campaigning and fighting against Breast Cancer at the Coast. Dr. Maryam Badawy, based in Mombasa, belongs to this category, a General Surgeon with a passion for Breast Cancer Surgery. I […]
It has often been said that becoming a doctor is a calling, it is not for the faint-hearted. While that definitely rings true, I feel it states more about the resilience of the doctor than the humane aspect. In not many other professions does one party lay everything bare in […]
Handmade oil painting of Ibn Battuta, by Hippolyte Leon Benett. Ibn Battuta (24th Feb. 1304 – 1368/1369), was a Muslim Moroccan scholar and explorer. By acclamation the greatest traveller in pre-modern history covering over 72,000 miles. Ahead of Zheng He (30,000 miles) and Marco Polo (15,000 miles). Notably, he spent […]
Depiction of Zheng He by BBC. Zheng He (1371 – mid 1430s) was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and Fleet admiral. By Chinese records he stood at 6ft 6in tall and had a bellowing voice. He arrived in Malindi around 1418, commanding an expedition that was part of the Yongle […]
The Heroe Book Fair is a yearly event held at The Alliance Française, Mombasa, bringing together Anglophone, Francophone and German speaking Writers, Poets, Publishers and Literary Enthusiasts from Kenya, the rest of Africa and the black diaspora, for a couple of days of exciting literary activities which include book sales, […]
In recent years, the term ‘Blue Economy’ has been expeditiously used, not just in Kenya but across the globe. Not because this kind of economy is a new creation or concept, it has always been there and we have always been part of it. Its packaging in that attractive manner […]
It has commonly been stated that football is a gentleman’s game played by hooligans while rugby is a hooligan’s game played by gentlemen. When I sat down with Titus Mtawa over a conversation one evening, it became apparent that at least for the rugby bit, the saying is not misplaced. […]
Statue of the Slavery Monument in Zanzibar Stone Town. Image by Eric Laffourge. Let us travel back in time, back to the late 1800s. A period of time when Africans still had the scourge of slavery meted out to them, albeit in its dying embers (at least officially). Now picture […]
