Showing posts with label Mombasa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mombasa. Show all posts
February 17, 2013

Toward an Acoustemology of Muslim Citizenship in Kenya

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this is a great great article that, while linking music and citizenship, also provides a cultural window into Swahili coastal society. You...
January 20, 2013

The Mombasa Republican Council: Separatist Extremists or Legitimate Protestors?

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by Nate Mathews As I stepped out into the steamy humid Mombasa dawn, into a waiting taxi at Mombasa International Airport, I wasn't...
November 12, 2010

Colorful Ports of Call 1934: Seychelles, Mombasa and Zanzibar

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An innacurate portrayal of African society, Islam, Arab slavery, etc. not to mention extremely racist! Interesting and rare footage nonethel...
April 5, 2010

Maulid in Mombasa 2010

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thanks to Suad for the pics....
January 31, 2010

Swahili Proverbs from Life and Politics in Mombasa

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Sheikh Hyder el-Kindy was a Swahili political leader whose autobiography, Life and Politics in Mombasa , has a number of great Kiswahili pro...
September 26, 2009

The Ottoman Empire in East Africa

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The Ottoman Empire began its march to dominance as a band of Turcoman nomads from Central Asia. Several centuries later, they were the globa...
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August 26, 2008

Family and Friends at Telekom Towers

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My host family, neighbors, and the kids who live in my building. They asked me everyday, "Twende Nakumatt kununua peremende." (Let...
August 15, 2008

Miraa

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For those pharmacopiacally savvy, miraa is more commonly known in Somalia and Ethiopia as 'qat.' Miraa is a plant with the effect of...

Fort Jesus

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Source Fort Jesus is a Portuguese fort built in 1593 by order of King Philip II of Spain ( King Philip I of Portugal ), then ruler of the jo...