The Gīkūyū traditional woman’s skirt was called the mūthuru, a simple leather wrap-around that was accompanied by a soft leather pubic apron that was worn under the skirt opening, mweng…

Early pictures: Masai people. Men, warriors, women and children. Posing in groups. Manyattas. With shields, in traditional attire.

Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with us. A collection of rare and special pictures of our past we found online

Gakenge – A new born baby for the first few months or so. After that he is referred to as Kaana, baby. Major ceremony – Being born, gūciarwo kwa mwana. Kahīī – A young boy florick…

What if the Black Plague had killed off almost all Europeans? Then this is what Africa might have looked like.

Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO (3 March 1878 17 June 1967) was a British soldier, intelligence officer and ornithologist. He had a decorated military career spanning Africa, where he was credited with creating and executing the infamous Haversack Ruse. While early biographies lionized Mei

In Summary Full steam ahead. The Uganda Railway had a dark side to it, with the deaths of thousands of Indian and African labourers but few developments can be said to have changed the region’s his…