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How Tusker beer was born

Kenyans have a wounded Tanzanian elephant to thank for giving the country the most famous drink, Tusker. [File, Standard]

The journey of a 100 years started by the banks of a nondescript river. It is by these waters that another journey of terrified girls into womanhood started.

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