He said Lamu is a World Heritage site and the cultural festival offers an insight into how life in the old days was in terms of architecture and lifestyle.

?Visitors from all walks of life have flocked to Lamu town for the annual Lamu Cultural Festival that kicks off today (Thursday). Several activities, including Swahili poetry, Henna painting and ...

Chairman of the Lamu Cultural Promotion Group Alwi Sharriff said the annual event had raised the status of Lamu. The group is behind the festival, which has run for eight years, attracting ...

Nairobi — Scheduled flights landing at Manda airstrip in Lamu are in full capacity as visitors throng the region ahead of this year's Lamu Cultural Festival slated for November 21 to 24.

The owner of Bush Gardens - who’s known across the island as “Bush” – also happens to be the main organiser of the much-acclaimed annual Lamu Cultural Festival. Despite the bad times ...

Speaking in Lamu yesterday, the festival's chairman Ghalib Alawy said ... Alawy said the annual event will showcase the Swahili culture of the communities living in Lamu and its surroundings.

Preparations for the Lamu annual cultural festival are underway for this year's event which will start on Thursday to Sunday. The festival, expected to attract close to 100,000 to 150,000 guests ...

The countdown is now on as one of Kenya’s great heritage festivals, the Lamu Cultural Festival, is exactly a week away. The countdown is now on as one of Kenya’s great heritage festivals ...

Kenya's tourism marketers have vowed to capitalize on the Lamu Cultural Festival, set to begin on Thursday in the coastal town of Lamu, to boost tourism. June Chepkemei, chief executive officer of ...

The Lamu Cultural Festival, held each November, is a vibrant celebration featuring traditional Swahili dances, taarab music performances and poetry recitations. There are also exhibitions ...

One of the puppeteers to perform on the opening day of the Lamu Cultural Festival last week, Achege acted with a Spanish theatre troupe, Kundoka Teatro. Their children’s puppet show, Mzee na ...