Alex Kuria
@alexkuria.bsky.social
Research on the interaction of Africans, missionaries, church and education in Kenya between 1840 and 1970
Enjoy almost all sports + FPL
Coffee + Jazz = Bliss
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.
This photo on page 50 of 'My Third Campaign in East Africa 1890' by William Salter Price (1898), has the caption Rev. W.H. Jones and Family. Thi photo was most likely made by Price in about 1889 and it looks like the same man seated far right in the photo in Strayer's book. [2/3]
October 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This photo on page 50 of 'My Third Campaign in East Africa 1890' by William Salter Price (1898), has the caption Rev. W.H. Jones and Family. Thi photo was most likely made by Price in about 1889 and it looks like the same man seated far right in the photo in Strayer's book. [2/3]
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.
'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)
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.
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
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 🤔
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
William Price, CMS missionary, was one of the first photographers in present day Kenya. He wrote in Jan 1875, of setting up his 'photo apparatus' to get some photos. Like this one of an unfinished house in which Rebmann had lived from 1861 or 1863 in Rabai, at the CMS mission station.
June 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
William Price, CMS missionary, was one of the first photographers in present day Kenya. He wrote in Jan 1875, of setting up his 'photo apparatus' to get some photos. Like this one of an unfinished house in which Rebmann had lived from 1861 or 1863 in Rabai, at the CMS mission station.
Heavier rainfall than usual in Kilifi and Mombasa this year, which is great for farmers. The main water body in the photos is the Tudor Creek, with Mombasa Island in the background. From 1850 to 1900 CMS missionaries used boats on this creek when travelling from Mombasa or Frere Town to Rabai.
June 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Heavier rainfall than usual in Kilifi and Mombasa this year, which is great for farmers. The main water body in the photos is the Tudor Creek, with Mombasa Island in the background. From 1850 to 1900 CMS missionaries used boats on this creek when travelling from Mombasa or Frere Town to Rabai.
In 1874 Queen Victoria expressed a wish to see Jacob Wainwright, David Livingstone's 'faithful African servant'. Jacob was taken by a Secretary of the CMS to Windsor Castle. She presented him with an autographed copy of her book, 'Our Life in the Highlands'. Jacob was one of the Bombay Africans.
June 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
In 1874 Queen Victoria expressed a wish to see Jacob Wainwright, David Livingstone's 'faithful African servant'. Jacob was taken by a Secretary of the CMS to Windsor Castle. She presented him with an autographed copy of her book, 'Our Life in the Highlands'. Jacob was one of the Bombay Africans.
Nyondo returned to his wife Polly in Rabai. She and her sister Priscilla, were 'Bombay Africans' - freed from slavery on the Indian Ocean as children, educated and raised as Christians in Bombay. They and two other couples were sent by the CMS to Rabai in 1864 to assist Rebmann. (3/3)
May 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Nyondo returned to his wife Polly in Rabai. She and her sister Priscilla, were 'Bombay Africans' - freed from slavery on the Indian Ocean as children, educated and raised as Christians in Bombay. They and two other couples were sent by the CMS to Rabai in 1864 to assist Rebmann. (3/3)
Now reading 'Johannes Rebmann; A Servant of God in Africa Before the Rise of Western Colonialism' by Steven Paas. The other man on the cover is Isaac Nyondo, the son of Abraham Abbe Gunga, the second person to become a Christian in Rabai. (1/3)
May 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Now reading 'Johannes Rebmann; A Servant of God in Africa Before the Rise of Western Colonialism' by Steven Paas. The other man on the cover is Isaac Nyondo, the son of Abraham Abbe Gunga, the second person to become a Christian in Rabai. (1/3)
Martyn Percy who wrote the book 'The Crisis of Colonial Anglicanism: Empire, Slavery and Revolt in the Church of England'
May 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Martyn Percy who wrote the book 'The Crisis of Colonial Anglicanism: Empire, Slavery and Revolt in the Church of England'
Now reading 'The Crisis of Colonial Anglicanism: Empire, Slavery and Revolt in the Church of England' by Martyn Percy
April 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Now reading 'The Crisis of Colonial Anglicanism: Empire, Slavery and Revolt in the Church of England' by Martyn Percy
Yesterday was the 49th anniversary of Apple. Coincidentally this past Sunday I saw this iMac G3, first released in 1998. I have never purchased or used an Apple device but have still benefited from the innovation of the Apple team and their impact on the world of technology.
April 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Yesterday was the 49th anniversary of Apple. Coincidentally this past Sunday I saw this iMac G3, first released in 1998. I have never purchased or used an Apple device but have still benefited from the innovation of the Apple team and their impact on the world of technology.
Poor FPL GW29 score of 41 points. My overall rank dropped to 872k. Onwards to GW30 and I have made three transfers for a -4; Sarr, Eze and Marmoush for Mbeumo, Palmer and Beto. The major decision is again the captaincy, my shortlist is Sarr, Eze, Marmoush or Salah.
April 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Poor FPL GW29 score of 41 points. My overall rank dropped to 872k. Onwards to GW30 and I have made three transfers for a -4; Sarr, Eze and Marmoush for Mbeumo, Palmer and Beto. The major decision is again the captaincy, my shortlist is Sarr, Eze, Marmoush or Salah.
The old map is not in Burton's book rather the 1859 map. The one above is from 'A Simple History of East Africa' by Herbert Brittain and PJG Ripley. My primary school history book. Rest assured I have no recollection of the teacher regaling us about an 'early drawing of East Africa from 1850'. 5/5
April 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The old map is not in Burton's book rather the 1859 map. The one above is from 'A Simple History of East Africa' by Herbert Brittain and PJG Ripley. My primary school history book. Rest assured I have no recollection of the teacher regaling us about an 'early drawing of East Africa from 1850'. 5/5
The expedition was approved by the Royal Geographical Society of London. A map made by CMS missionaries in Rabai - Krapf, Rebmann and Erhardt. Had "a vast mass of water, ... which, from the information of divers "natives" ... (is) in slug or leech shape in the heart of Intertropical Africa" 2/5
April 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The expedition was approved by the Royal Geographical Society of London. A map made by CMS missionaries in Rabai - Krapf, Rebmann and Erhardt. Had "a vast mass of water, ... which, from the information of divers "natives" ... (is) in slug or leech shape in the heart of Intertropical Africa" 2/5