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Under water life with different species on display. [Robert Menza, Standard]

Sylvan Mghanga holds the artifact of the oldest wooden helm of a ship while he leans forward to peer inside a gigantic aquarium with pictures of a shipwreck and floating fish.

He rolls the helm, a steering wheel of a ship, backwards with the skill of a seasoned captain, taking his passengers back to the 15th century's history of marine life and shipping business at the Kenyan coast.

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