From: Mundia Kamau

Subject: Historic priceless Kenyan images of e.g. Princess Elizabeth’s historic 1952 Kenya visit and the triumphant Kenya Team to the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games

Historic priceless images of Colonial Kenya and Independent Kenya, very likely never seen before by quite literally all of us, this writer included i.e. & e.g.

(i) Images of Princess Elizabeth’s visit to Kenya of February 1952, where she came as Princess Elizabeth and left as Queen Elizabeth II, following the demise of her father King George VI on the night of 5th February 1952. Notice from the images how Princess Elizabeth’s 1952 visit quite literally brought life to a standstill throughout the entire expanse of the then Kenya Colony, including no doubt neighbouring Tanzania (then Tanganyika) and Uganda, and also including very likely British colonies then further down south of Kenya like Malawi (then Nyasaland), Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia), and Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia). Also see images of the now iconic TreeTops Hotel, Nyeri, Kenya, which Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor ascended as a Princess on 5th February 1952, and which she descended as a Queen on the morning of 6th February 1952, following the demise of her father King George VI, as mentioned

(ii) Images of the triumphant return back home of the Kenya Team to the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games, quite a number of which are colour photographs

(iii) Images of the legendary Thomas Joseph Mboya in his days as a trade unionist, including one colour photograph

(iv) Images of ordinary day-to-day life in Colonial Kenya

Thirty-one (31) of the 426 priceless images courtesy of the Kenya National Archives (KNA), and 395 of 426 priceless images, courtesy of LIFE

Check them out at

http://kenyapostcardsandkenyaphotos.wordpress.com/