More Stories from East Africa's past for you to enjoy
Writing and Publishing Memoirs
We have published two out of three parts of a short memoir from Frank Baker about his time as a motorcycle-despatch rider based in Kilwa, German East Africa during World War I. The final instalment is scheduled to appear in the February-March 2009 issue of Old Africa...
Sweet Potatoes for Thanksgiving in Tanganyika
Tomorrow is American Thanksgiving, a holiday to remember all the good things God has given to us, and normally celebrated with family around a table groaning under a turkey dinner with all the trimmings. I’m in the USA this year and I’ve bought the turkey and my wife...
Telephones and Blogs
I grew up in Kenya in a house without a telephone. It was a big day when KP&T brought phone lines to the Kijabe mission. The phone at my parents' Kesho offices was 12Y7. To make a call required whirling a handle and shouting for the operator in Naivasha. Often the...