Malindi’s Enduring Love Story with Italy: How a Coastal Town Became East Africa’s Little Rome
Malindi is one of Kenya’s most cosmopolitan coastal towns, but few cultural influenceshave shaped its identity as deeply as Italy’s. What began as a trickle of Italian explorers,divers, and holidaymakers in the 1960s has evolved into one of the most unique culturalblends in East Africa so much so that Malindi is often affectionately called “Little […]
Preserving Identity in a Changing World Inside the Akamba Cultural Centre in Makueni
As urbanization accelerates across Kenya, reshaping landscapes and lifestyles, culturalcenters are emerging as vital spaces for preserving identity, memory and heritage. Rapiddevelopment, migration and modern influences have increasingly distanced youngergenerations from traditional ways of life, placing languages, customs and oral historiesat risk of disappearing. In this shifting environment, community-led cultural centers arebecoming critical anchors, safeguarding […]
Walking Through Rome’s Living Museum of Time and Art
Traveling to Rome is like stepping into a vast, open-air museum — a city where everystreet, square, and corner breathes history. From the grandeur of the Colosseum to thequiet grace of ancient piazzas, Rome tells its story not through words but through stone.Nowhere else does the past feel as alive, or as present, as it […]
Iran, Global Politics and Kenya Relations: H.E. (Dr.) Ali Gholampour, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Kenya, Responds to Key
In a wide-ranging interview, H.E. (Dr.) Ali Gholampour, the Ambassador of the IslamicRepublic of Iran to Kenya addressed longstanding global narratives about the country,its nuclear programme, regional tensions, the US and Israel military attacks on Iran,and Iran’s relationship with Africa, including Kenya. The conversation comes at a timeof heightened geopolitical tensions and renewed scrutiny of […]
How One Woman’s Lakeside Dream Is Putting Homa Bay on Kenya’s Tourism Map
When lawyer-turned-hotelier Magdalene Nzisa, fondly known as Lynn, first set foot inMbita, Homa Bay County, in 2017, she saw something few others did, a hidden paradisewaiting to be discovered. Consequently, this today, she runs two thriving lodges that arequietly transforming perceptions of tourism around Lake Victoria.“Homa Bay is still largely undiscovered,” Lynn says. “There’s so […]
Who deserves the title, the cradle of mankind?
Arriving at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa is like stepping into thevery dawn of humanity. Among its most celebrated exhibits is Lucy, the 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis, whose discovery in the Afar Triangle in 1974revolutionized our understanding of early human evolution. Her replica laid inside,beneath soft lights and glass cases, small, fragile, and […]
Why Kampala Has Become Africa’s Pilgrimage Capital
Every 3 rd June, Anglicans and Catholics from all over Africa flock to Kampala to followthe footsteps of the Ugandan martyrs, commemorating their profound faith. Before thepandemic, it is estimated that over 10,000 people traveled all over the continent just toconnect with their faith. One can also witness several events on that day like baptism,prayers […]
How Arusha National park offers a different kind of safari
“Karibu sana! Welcome to Arusha National Park, home of Mount Meru. This is not justany park—it’s a special place for climbers like you,” said our guide, Peter Exaudi with awarm smile as our vehicle approached the entrance of Arusha National Park.We craned our necks to catch a glimpse of Mount Meru, the fifth highest mountain […]
Reimagining Kenyan Cuisine Through Fine Dining with Chef Kim Kiarie
The experience begins with the chef presenting the first dish — an elevatedinterpretation of a familiar Kenyan street-food staple.“This is our version of mayai pasua from the street,” he says, placing down a carefullyplated egg dish. “The idea was to take something simple and familiar and askourselves: how do we elevate an egg?”The egg is […]
Gitonga Wandai training his son 9 year old son, Wandai Gitonga to hike
When he first participated in the President’s awards scheme in 2004 while still a studentat Kenyatta University, Gitonga wa Wandai, a hiker enthusiast didn’t know how this trekwould end up being his pursuit all his life. So far he has not only managed to summitvarious Mountains like Mount Kenya more than 20 times, Mt Kilimanjaro […]