The chirping birds and croaking frogs are a good break from the monotonous hooting and shouting in nearby towns. The huge trees that give the forest a dense and dark look rise to the sky. And the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Kenya’s Mijikenda indigenous people have long revered and protected the forests surrounding their ancestral homesteads, known as kayas, which dot ...

The Mijikenda Kaya Forests consist of 10 separate forest sites spread over some 200 km along the coast containing the remains of numerous fortified villages, known as kayas, of the Mijikenda people.

We will not allow our Kayas and mangroves to be destroyed,” he said. Lemarkoko said in Mombasa, unscrupulous developers are reclaiming part of the sea in Moroto and putting up residential structures. ...

1. Having examined Documents WHC-08/32.COM/8B.Add and WHC-08/32.COM/INF.8B1.Add, 2. Inscribes the Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests, Kenya, with the exception of Kaya ...