An Emirati-backed cement project threatened ancestral prayer caves. The community fought back.
An Emirati-backed cement project threatened ancestral prayer caves. The community fought back.
Lugadi Runya Shipa inside one of the caves in eastern Kenya. For generations, men like him have guided worshipers through the caverns.Credit...
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By Sarah Hurtes and Mohamed Ahmed
Photographs by Brian Otieno
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