It is slightly past midday as we arrive at Dokata village in MacKinnon Road ward in Kwale county. The scorching sun forces us to shelter under a ‘mnago’ tree at least to cool down our body temperatures. I reach to my back pack, take out my water bottle and take a deep gulp […]
Art & Culture
Tale of the Shirazi people
The Shirazi community also known as the Kifundi, is one of the minority groups in Kenya, occupying the southern most coastal villages of Munje, Shirazi, Funzi, Bodo, Shimoni and Mkwiro. Being a coastal community a large number of its inhabitants rely on fishing as their main source of income though some practice arable farming. Even […]