by admin | Nov 30, 2022 | Christine Nicholls
Logan Hook, tall and handsome, a submarine commander in the First World War, went to Kenya in 1921. He took his family to Nanyuki where for 15 years they lived in a grass house which cost them £15.00 to build. As they knew nothing about farming, they established the...
by admin | Jul 8, 2019 | Judy Aldrick
Sharing Northrup’s Millions by Judy Aldrick I always enjoy receiving feedback and discovering new information. It makes writing about East African history all the more worthwhile for me. Imagine my surprise when several years after my book about Sir Northrup...
by admin | May 14, 2015 | Only in Africa
About 1910 my father W.J. Dawson, known always as W.J., bought the Plains Dairy, that vast flatland where the Nairobi Airport is today. He and three other young Scotsmen had great times in the corrugated iron house he built there. The others were George Taylor, Will...
by admin | Apr 21, 2015 | Only in Africa
Soon after the outbreak of World War II we boarders from the Prince of Wales School were moved to the old Sparks Hotel at Naivasha because the military required our school building at Kabete for a military hospital. We boys regarded our time at Naivasha like a long...
by admin | Mar 26, 2015 | Shel Arensen
The Third Annual Salama Fikira Kenya Derby 2015 For the third consecutive year, Salama Fikira will be sponsoring the Kenya Derby on Sunday 12th April 2015 at the Ngong Racecourse in Nairobi, Kenya. The Kenya Derby is the biggest event of its kind in East Africa’s...
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