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“Don’t call me Aswif. Call me ‘Captain I Will be Back’,” a dhow operator says above the sound of water lapping at his vessel’s hull. This is Asif Omar, 29, a dhow operator in Lamu. Asif is one of the people you could say know the heartbeat of this town of 14,000 people.
What comes to mind when Lamu is mentioned? An island steeped in deep history? Slow pace of life? Lack of modern means of transport? Lamu combines these and much more.
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