Alex Kuria
@alexkuria.bsky.social
Research on the interaction of Africans, missionaries, church and education in Kenya between 1840 and 1970
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Enjoy almost all sports + FPL
Coffee + Jazz = Bliss
Heinz Tomato Ketchup advertisement in a Kenyan newspaper in January 1955
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Heinz Tomato Ketchup advertisement in a Kenyan newspaper in January 1955
Rebuilding Kikuyuland, The Scope And Purpose Of Close Administration, Measures to Solve the Agrarian Problem. By Jack Ensoll on page 24 of the Kenya Weekly News 1955 No. 1462 on February 4, 1955. The article includes the blueprint for the future Provincial Administration in Kenya.
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Rebuilding Kikuyuland, The Scope And Purpose Of Close Administration, Measures to Solve the Agrarian Problem. By Jack Ensoll on page 24 of the Kenya Weekly News 1955 No. 1462 on February 4, 1955. The article includes the blueprint for the future Provincial Administration in Kenya.
Now reading 'A Kenya Childhood' by Christine Nicholls. She lived in Kenya, with her family, between 1947 and 1960.
November 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Now reading 'A Kenya Childhood' by Christine Nicholls. She lived in Kenya, with her family, between 1947 and 1960.
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In 2002, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine's car broke down in the Ugandan town of Mbirizi. While waiting for repairs, he wandered off with his camera and stumbled on a small photo studio run by Ssalongo Kibaate Aloysius. That chance meeting sparked a 22-year journey to share Kibaate’s art with the world.
Review: How to keep a promise
Photos from a different time still need their space in today’s world. A commitment to archiving allows us to experience the stories behind them.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
In 2002, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine's car broke down in the Ugandan town of Mbirizi. While waiting for repairs, he wandered off with his camera and stumbled on a small photo studio run by Ssalongo Kibaate Aloysius. That chance meeting sparked a 22-year journey to share Kibaate’s art with the world.
Photo 5 of Robert Strayer's book The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa, includes this caption - Mr & Mrs A. D. Shaw and Mission Agents at Rabai; among them Jonah Mitchell, seated far left and Jeremiah Mangi, standing centre. It does not identify William Henry Jones seated far right. [1/3]
October 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Photo 5 of Robert Strayer's book The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa, includes this caption - Mr & Mrs A. D. Shaw and Mission Agents at Rabai; among them Jonah Mitchell, seated far left and Jeremiah Mangi, standing centre. It does not identify William Henry Jones seated far right. [1/3]
Now reading The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa: Anglicans and Africans in Colonial Kenya, 1875–1935 by Robert W. Strayer. It was published in 1978.
October 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Now reading The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa: Anglicans and Africans in Colonial Kenya, 1875–1935 by Robert W. Strayer. It was published in 1978.
Tsangatsini is located on the road from Mariakani to Bamba. There are a few shops, a church and signs to other enterprises. Some though have the name Guruguru. Could it be the Gulu-gulu that William S Price, CMS missionary, visited in early Dec 1888? About 22 miles from Rabai, a 7 hour walk. [1/2]
September 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Tsangatsini is located on the road from Mariakani to Bamba. There are a few shops, a church and signs to other enterprises. Some though have the name Guruguru. Could it be the Gulu-gulu that William S Price, CMS missionary, visited in early Dec 1888? About 22 miles from Rabai, a 7 hour walk. [1/2]
'An African Pastor (Rev. Wanyoike Kamawe) by Ernest N. Wanyoike' (1973) brought back to print in 'A Pioneer African Pastor - Rev. Wanyoike Kamawe - From Gospel Missionary Society (GMS) to PCEA, by Ernest N. Wanyoike'. Revised Edition by Amos Mwaura Njoroge and Rt. Rev. Thegu Mutahi (2024)
September 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
'An African Pastor (Rev. Wanyoike Kamawe) by Ernest N. Wanyoike' (1973) brought back to print in 'A Pioneer African Pastor - Rev. Wanyoike Kamawe - From Gospel Missionary Society (GMS) to PCEA, by Ernest N. Wanyoike'. Revised Edition by Amos Mwaura Njoroge and Rt. Rev. Thegu Mutahi (2024)
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'Dandora: How Nairobi's only landfill became an environmental catastrophe' by Frankline Akhubula and 'To become an industrialised nation, we need nuclear power' by Mungai Kihanya. Contrasting Kenya narratives in two articles in the Sunday Nation of 13 July 2025.
July 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
'Dandora: How Nairobi's only landfill became an environmental catastrophe' by Frankline Akhubula and 'To become an industrialised nation, we need nuclear power' by Mungai Kihanya. Contrasting Kenya narratives in two articles in the Sunday Nation of 13 July 2025.
John Karanja's definition of ahoi is "requesters or tenants - some of whom were simply poor, but others of whom were poor in land and rich in cattle". Describing people living in the land owned by another person in the Kikuyu context. The translation beggars or poor is simplistic and inadequate.
July 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
John Karanja's definition of ahoi is "requesters or tenants - some of whom were simply poor, but others of whom were poor in land and rich in cattle". Describing people living in the land owned by another person in the Kikuyu context. The translation beggars or poor is simplistic and inadequate.
Now reading 'Founding an African Faith: Kikuyu Anglican Christianity, 1900-1945', by John K. Karanja (1999). An excellent scholarly book, very well researched and yet easy to read. It is based on his Ph.D at the University of Cambridge.
July 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Now reading 'Founding an African Faith: Kikuyu Anglican Christianity, 1900-1945', by John K. Karanja (1999). An excellent scholarly book, very well researched and yet easy to read. It is based on his Ph.D at the University of Cambridge.
Chief Karuri wa Gakure c. 1907 portrait by William Scoresby Routledge. William and his wife Katherine Maria (nee Pease) researched and wrote the book 'With a Prehistoric People: The Kikuyu of British East Africa' published in 1910.
July 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Chief Karuri wa Gakure c. 1907 portrait by William Scoresby Routledge. William and his wife Katherine Maria (nee Pease) researched and wrote the book 'With a Prehistoric People: The Kikuyu of British East Africa' published in 1910.
'The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer: With Introduction and Notes." Compiled and edited by Edward Henry Bickersteth in 1870. Offers an interesting insight to the theology of the Church of England (or is it the United Church of Great Britain and Ireland then.
July 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
'The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer: With Introduction and Notes." Compiled and edited by Edward Henry Bickersteth in 1870. Offers an interesting insight to the theology of the Church of England (or is it the United Church of Great Britain and Ireland then.
There are 3 malls in the 8 km stretch between Galleria and the Hub in Karen, and another 6 or so shopping centers off that road. Surely no one could be planning to build a mall at Bomas of Kenya.
July 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
There are 3 malls in the 8 km stretch between Galleria and the Hub in Karen, and another 6 or so shopping centers off that road. Surely no one could be planning to build a mall at Bomas of Kenya.
"The constitution is a tool of decolonization" Murshid Abdalla [2.43] on NTV Facing the Nation speaking about the Supreme Court ruling that children born out of wedlock are entitled to an inheritance which has upset Muslims in Kenya. (1/8) www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoZq...
Islamic Law vs Supreme Court: Why Children Born Outside Marriage Cannot Inherit Father's Estate
YouTube video by NTV Kenya
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July 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"The constitution is a tool of decolonization" Murshid Abdalla [2.43] on NTV Facing the Nation speaking about the Supreme Court ruling that children born out of wedlock are entitled to an inheritance which has upset Muslims in Kenya. (1/8) www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoZq...
Ludwig Krapf began the translation of the Bible into Swahili in 1844 with the help of a Muslim scholar in Mombasa. The first three chapters of Genesis were published in the Proceedings of the American Oriental Society (Vol 1) in 1851.
"Genesis 1:1 Mooanzo alioomba Mooigniazimoongo oowingo na n'te."
"Genesis 1:1 Mooanzo alioomba Mooigniazimoongo oowingo na n'te."
July 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Ludwig Krapf began the translation of the Bible into Swahili in 1844 with the help of a Muslim scholar in Mombasa. The first three chapters of Genesis were published in the Proceedings of the American Oriental Society (Vol 1) in 1851.
"Genesis 1:1 Mooanzo alioomba Mooigniazimoongo oowingo na n'te."
"Genesis 1:1 Mooanzo alioomba Mooigniazimoongo oowingo na n'te."
Proper cold July day by Kenyan standards. Overcast all morning and 18°C at 12.54 PM
July 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Proper cold July day by Kenyan standards. Overcast all morning and 18°C at 12.54 PM
I suppose it is unrealistic to expect @financialtimes.com a newspaper dedicated to money, business and economic affairs to put forward the argument that the world needs fewer billionaires.
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The New York mayoral candidate mistakenly believes the economy is a zero-sum game, writes Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute. https://on.ft.com/44IOZe2
July 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I suppose it is unrealistic to expect @financialtimes.com a newspaper dedicated to money, business and economic affairs to put forward the argument that the world needs fewer billionaires.
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PSG haven’t given Lionel Messi and Inter Miami a sniff in the first half of their Club World Cup knockout tie…
June 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
PSG haven’t given Lionel Messi and Inter Miami a sniff in the first half of their Club World Cup knockout tie…
Bombax (Chorisia Tree)
Photos taken on 22 Jun 2025 and Mar 30, 2025.
Photos taken on 22 Jun 2025 and Mar 30, 2025.
June 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Bombax (Chorisia Tree)
Photos taken on 22 Jun 2025 and Mar 30, 2025.
Photos taken on 22 Jun 2025 and Mar 30, 2025.
Bun & Beef make burgers my youngest daughter really likes. Their packaging lists their social media accounts on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Not sure if this is based on the profile of their customers or just the preference of the owners of Bun & Beef 🤔
June 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Bun & Beef make burgers my youngest daughter really likes. Their packaging lists their social media accounts on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Not sure if this is based on the profile of their customers or just the preference of the owners of Bun & Beef 🤔
"Washington exhibited an "obvious fascination with enemies and an ennui with friends," he [Zbig] said, that was producing "bitterness and resentment" among America's allies." By @edwardluce.bsky.social quoting what Zbig wrote in Foreign Policy in 1974, in his bio of Zbig.
June 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
"Washington exhibited an "obvious fascination with enemies and an ennui with friends," he [Zbig] said, that was producing "bitterness and resentment" among America's allies." By @edwardluce.bsky.social quoting what Zbig wrote in Foreign Policy in 1974, in his bio of Zbig.
Now reading 'Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Great Power Prophet' by @edwardluce.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Now reading 'Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Great Power Prophet' by @edwardluce.bsky.social
Two hours of rain on Friday afternoon = drama on Nairobi roads at 5.02 pm
June 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Two hours of rain on Friday afternoon = drama on Nairobi roads at 5.02 pm