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Pate Island, without cars or electricity, is an unspoiled paradise.
Dressed in kanga cloth, Famao women from the Farouk family pound corn for cornmeal to make bread.
The Famao people of Siyu on Pate Island claim Chinese ancestry as descendetns of shipwrecked Chinese sailors from Zheng He's ...
Sailing along Swahili
Sanjeeda, one of the last great sailing dhows, sails into the sunset off the Swahili coast.
The Sanjeeda, one of the last great sailing adhows, catches the wind off the Swahili coast of Kenya.
Eid, the traditional Islamic holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan, brings out the children of Lamu, dressed in their holida...
The Sanjeeda, one of the last great sailing dhows, navigates the waters off the coast of Lamu.
Swahili Coast
Traditional sailing dhows are still the main form of transportation between the car-less islands of the Lamu archipelago.
Dressed in kanga cloth, Famao women from the Farouk family pound corn for cornmeal to make bread.
Young muslim women on Pate are swathed in the traditional buibui that covers everything but their expressive faces.
The Sanjeeda, one of the last great sailing dhows, navigates the waters off the coast of Lamu.
Sailors create their won form of shadow play, silhouetted by the sun on the Sanjeeda's sails, just off Lamu Island.
The mix of cultures that can be found along the Swahili coast is reflected in the piercing eyes of a young woman enveloped in...
It was on this beach at Malindi, Kenya, where the king presented Zheng He with a giraffe to bring back to Emperor Zhu Di. Vas...