SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anapokea zawadi kutoka kwa Muhammad Mubarak Salim , msimamizi mkuu wa posta Lamu island.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is receiving a present by Muhmmad Mubarak Salim, post master of Lamu island.
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau was invited to take part to a farewell celebration for Athras Mohammad Ali aliyekuwa mkurugenzi wa elimu Lamu island. Mzee aliyekaa upande wa kulia nyuma ya Ustadh Mau ni Abdalla Iskandar aliyekuwa ami yake Athrash na seremala maarufu sana Lamu island. Sherehe ya kumwaga Athras Mohammad Ali ilifanyiwa Lamu Fort Museum.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau alikuwa amealikwa kwa sherehe ya kumwaga Athrash Mohammad Ali who was education officer of Lamu island. The elderly man on the right-hand side behinf Ustadh Mau is Abdalla Iskandar the uncle of Atrash and a reknown wood carpenter in Lamu island. The farewell celebration took place at Lamu island Fort Museum.
SWAHILI: Sura hii inayopendeza ya Ustadh Mau ilipigwa kwenya duka lake la mkate. Ustadh Mau alianza kuvaa miwani alipokuwa miaka thalatini na tatu.<br>ENGLISH: This beautiful portrait of Ustadh Mau was taken at his bakery. Ustadh Mau started wearing glasses when he was thirty-three years old.
SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii tunaona Ustadh Mau anazawadiwa na kamishna kwa kua na mchango bora katika jamii ya Lamu island.<br>ENGLISH: In this picture Ustadh is seen receiving a Badge of Honour from a government official for his contributions to the community of Lamu island.
SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii tunaona Ustadh Mau anazawadiwa na kamishna kwa kua na mchango bora katika jamii ya Lamu island.<br>ENGLISH: In this picture Ustadh is seen receiving a Badge of Honour from a government official for his contributions to the community of Lamu island.
SWAHILI: Katika picha hii tunamuona Ustadh Mau akiwa amesimama mbele ya bakery ya familia yake.<br>ENGLISH: In this picture Ustadh is seen standing in front of his family's bakery.
SWAHILI: Katika picha hii Ustadh Mau anaonekana akizungumzisha kundi la watu katika eneo la Mkunguni, iliyoko katikati ya mji wa Lamu island. Mkutano huu uliandaliwa juu ya kuelimisha watu kuhusu afya na chanjo, ili kujenga watu imani ju ya umuhimu wa afya. Mmoja wa wa aliyesimama nyuma ya ustadh ni afisa wa afya.<br>ENGLISH: On this picture Ustadh Mau is seen speaking to a crowd on Mkunguni, Lamu island's town square. The gathering was held to raise awareness on health issues and vaccines, in order to motivate people to take care of one's own and eachother's health. The man behind Ustadh was a health officer.
SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii tunamuona Ustadh Mau akisoma Texas Review alichozawadiwa na jirani yake kutoka Uamerika akiwa nje ya nyumba yake.<br>ENGLISH: In this picture Ustadh is reading the Texas Review given to him by his American neighbour. Ustadh was standing outside of his house in the picture.
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anasimama karibu na rasa za maktaba yake. Hii ni sehemu ya kwanza aliyoitengeneza nyumbani Langoni kabla alipojenga ghorofa nyingine kubwa zaidi baadaye. Vitabu vinavyoonyeshwa ni vitabu vya dini khususan kwa kiarabu na baadhi kwa kingereza.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is standing close to his book shelves. This is the beginning of his library that he put on in Langoni, before building a seprate bigger room on the second floor for it later on. The books shown are mainly Arabic books and a few in English.
