Alternate view of olive suede sleeveless jacket with raccoon trim and pants designed by Cashin for Sills and Co.; photographed with olive wool sweater and hat.
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: Ustadh Mau yuko kwenye picha hii kwa boni, kabila ambalo limesauliwa. Ni waislamu ingawa hawajui sana kuhusu dini. Ustadh alikwenda kuwatembelea huko madrasani kwao. Picha inaonyesha alipowaletea wanafunzi wa madrasa zawadi kama vitabu kalamu na paramendi kwa kusoma. Wakati huo walikuwa jamaa ya elfu tatu , wanaishi kwenye vijiji vitano: Bargoni, Mangai, Dede wa rede, Mlimani, Basuba (baina Mokowe na Kiunga, Lamu island West). Siku hizi kuna operesheni inayoitwa Operation Boni Forest kupambana na al-Shabab ambao wanafikiriwa kwamba wako Boni Forest.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is amid the Boni people, an ethnic group that has been forgotten. As he puts it, "they are Muslims but they do not know enough about Islam" . Ustadh Mau went to visit them at their madrasa. The picture shows him bringing to them books, pens and candies. Back then the Boni group counted 3000 people. Boni people live in five villages: Bargoni, Mangai, Dede wa rede, Mlimani, Basuba (between Mokowe and Kiunga, Lamu island West). Currently an operation called Operation Boni Forest against al-Shabab is on.
