“My own community was one of the first African communities to actually establish itself in Nairobi and many of the services that were started for Nairobi before it became a city…were actually manned by people in the Nubian community.”

British officers carry out a staff inspection in downtown Nairobi of the first Nubian group to be appointed by the Kenya Bus Service Limited. (1934)

Nubian men working fo the Kenya Bus Service. (circa 1945)

A Nubian (left) who worked for the Kenya Forestry Department and a workmate have their photo taken at the Kenya Forestry Headquarters in Nairobi. (1962)

Nubians working for the BEAC attend an award ceremony. (1945)

Yunus Ali (top left) was the first (and only) Nubian to be a Member of Parliament (1969-74). He has his photo taken along with other councilors of the City Council of Nairobi, including Charles Rubia, the first African Mayor of Nairobi. (1967)

The Nubian women's group called Muchumwa welcomed Kenya's President at the airport whenever the President returned from a trip abroad. (1969)

The first Nubian headmaster (center) of the Kibera Primary School and others. (1971)

Nubian family photo in Nairobi (1941)

Nubian in traditional dress called gurbaba (1942)

A decommissioned senior officer of the King's African Rifles with his son. (1972)