View Lamu old town. Credit: Stefania Merlo

View of a house in Lamu. Credit: Stefania Merlo

New content alert! 📢 Angela Kabiru reflects on BIEA & NMK fieldwork on Lamu Island, Kenya, where landscapes of the living and the dead intertwine. How does this compare with burial or ancestral practices you know? 👉(maeasam.org/lamu/) #Museumsofkenya #Culturalheritage #Lamu #Kenyaheritage

As usual, Friday brings another quiz featuring an exciting heritage location. Hint: A solitary pillar from the earliest days of the town that surrounds it.

Can you guess where we are?

Share your answers in the comments section below, and good luck! #Museumsofkenya #Swahiliworld #Africaheritage

Another Friday, another quiz. Our destination today is at high altitude.

Hint: It is the final resting place of an Italian Duke.

Do you know the answer? please write it in the comments below. Good Luck! #Heritage #GeneralKnowledge #MuseumsofKenya #Quiz

Across the seas, through winds untamed,
He sailed, his path unchained.
To India’s shores, through peril wide,
With stars and storms as trusted guides.
Spices, gold, and stories told,
A passage east, a dream so bold.
#Heritage #MuseumsofKenya #Googleearth #Generalknowledge

Image of Kit-Mikayi: credits-Wikipedia.com

Kit-Mikayi, a sacred site of Luo community in western Kenya, faces threats like reduced rituals, aging custodians, and encroachment. Inscribed in 2019 on UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage list, it needs urgent safeguarding to preserve its cultural value. #Kenya #Traditionalknowledge #Museumsofkenya