LAMU: THE AFRICA YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT (KENYA)

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  • Lamu Island, Kenya. Lamu is located just off the shore of Kenya in the Indian Ocean, and was a major center of global trade for hundreds of years. Today, the island is home to a Muslim-majority Swahili community as well as the oldest and best preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa. Its culture, people, and architecture reflect its diverse past and influences.
    In this video, we travel to Lamu Island, explore the unique architecture in Old Town Lamu, take a tour in a dhow sailboat, and have a meal at an upscale restaurant in Shela.
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  • @blacksignaturevisuals694
    @blacksignaturevisuals694 Рік тому +25

    In 3 videos you have shown kenya in ways people take hundreds of videos to showcase , short n precise ,,,keep up the beautiful work

  • @khalilbader3140
    @khalilbader3140 Рік тому +28

    I came from Ibrahim channel

  • @badootube
    @badootube Рік тому +14

    Greetings from Morocco 🇲🇦 all the best

  • @TheWellnessCapital
    @TheWellnessCapital 27 днів тому +1

    Maroc 🇲🇦 vybe.
    That country has a mix of everything, wow!

  • @kevinmusundi1291
    @kevinmusundi1291 Рік тому +2

    Love the editing and the way you structure your channel. You can tell that a lot of time, effort and lo e went into the production. Keep up the good work

  • @katherinec3463
    @katherinec3463 10 місяців тому +4

    I visited Lamu in 1989. It hasn't changed much! I enjoyed your video.

  • @KenNewberry
    @KenNewberry Рік тому +8

    Hi Dottie and Lenza, Your storytelling and Lenza's camera work are amazing! I'm just starting to go thru your other videos and wanted to compliment both of you for all the work you've put into these wonderful travelogs! 😀

    • @DotsonaMap
      @DotsonaMap  Рік тому +2

      Thank you so much! What a nice comment, and we're so glad you like our videos :)

    • @luffymsf4884
      @luffymsf4884 Рік тому

      ​@@DotsonaMapI came from ibrahim traveler😂😂😂😂😂😊😊😊😊😊

    • @alexraymonds1738
      @alexraymonds1738 Рік тому

      I agree with you KenNewBerry

  • @fionavariet6833
    @fionavariet6833 Рік тому +3

    i would like you guys to go to kisumu town in kenya. it is a beautiful town and a place to have a good adventure

  • @iradukundavitalien5065
    @iradukundavitalien5065 Рік тому +3

    Very professional love these videos on Kenya 🎉🎉

  • @theafricanthrillist
    @theafricanthrillist Рік тому +3

    I live in Lamu and you showcased it marvelously! Thank you for this very well-thought-through video :)... the original inhabitants were of course African though :)

  • @bayokoebi9351
    @bayokoebi9351 Рік тому +1

    I love this part of Kenya preserving culture

  • @solitudechronikles3521
    @solitudechronikles3521 Рік тому

    thank you for showcasing our beautiful country in such an elegant way

  • @jonathannyamweya4940
    @jonathannyamweya4940 Рік тому +4

    Welcome to Kenya Dottie and Lenza. I am glad that you both enjoyed the old and the new Lamu town. Besides, make sure you have visited Maasai Mara national reserve. It is an amazing site that sustains Savannah wilderness in Kenya. Karibu Kenya.

    • @DotsonaMap
      @DotsonaMap  Рік тому +1

      Thank you! We did go to Maasai Mara! You can see our adventure there in the video before this :) It was definitely a whirlwind.

    • @dfui.
      @dfui. 10 місяців тому

      Dottie kangumuu na chain SAA NNE huwa tamu sana. 😊

  • @reda.a_t_l
    @reda.a_t_l Рік тому +2

    Great video from Ibra traveler 🇲🇦✌️

  • @iChefsix
    @iChefsix Рік тому

    great adventure of Lamu.....thanks for sharing......12:32

  • @bejibeji1289
    @bejibeji1289 Рік тому +3

    Welcome to africa ❤

  • @MrMwenye
    @MrMwenye 4 місяці тому

    Swahili food with Calamari! Tamu sana! Delicious😊

  • @rozellelifestyle
    @rozellelifestyle Рік тому +5

    Come from Ibrahim channel 🇲🇦

  • @ouadiakoubi
    @ouadiakoubi Рік тому +7

    Welcom to moroco ❤❤

  • @khaoula22868
    @khaoula22868 Рік тому

    I came from Ibra traveler Channel 🇲🇦♥️welcome to morocco
    Keep going 🇲🇦🇲🇦

  • @moharibbilasilah-go8km
    @moharibbilasilah-go8km Рік тому +1

    I came from ibra traveler , welcome to Morocco 🇲🇦

  • @SkanderChakalou
    @SkanderChakalou Рік тому +1

    From tunisia and i like your vlogs

  • @apexZ94631
    @apexZ94631 6 місяців тому

    Good job

  • @humphreyajuoga8996
    @humphreyajuoga8996 10 місяців тому

    Cheers to you, well done!!!

  • @ahmedopone4080
    @ahmedopone4080 Рік тому

    Historically in accurate when you say oldest. Mogadishu, Merca, Barawe, etc are all Swahili settlements older than Lamu. Still, you likely meant most preserved. The thanks go to the Kenyan govt. And locals for preserving their culture and architecture. So beautiful.

  • @kevinmusundi1291
    @kevinmusundi1291 Рік тому +4

    Hi Dottie. Love your channel and I'm a subscriber and have learned a lot from your travel vlogs. The original inhabitants of Lamu were not Arab traders as you indicate in your video, there were Africans living and inhabiting the surrounding area. It is like when Western explorers landed in Africa and they said they were the first to set eyes on Mt. Kenya, Lake Victoria, Lake Turukana, The Nile and so on as if there were no local inhabitants there. It is a very sad form of "White washing" and it is disrespectful to the indigenous communities. For instance Lake Victoria on the Kenyan side was known as Nam Lolwe and the British colonialists said they were the first to see it and renamed it. Same thing happens all over Africa. Lake Turukana was renamed after Kenya got its independence to restore the locals heritage. It's a very emotive subject and I could go on and on but I'll stop there, the reason the Arabs claim it because to this day there are many absentee landlords and many indigenous Africans are squatters on their ancestral land. The whole of the East African coast was conquered by Arabs and they set up their capital in Zanzibar but after Kenya got its independence the land is under the sovereignty of the state but there still remains foreign landlords who would one day want to rule the coast and swing, peddle and spread rumours that they were the original inhabitants. The original inhabitants of Lamu were Africans!

  • @JveudiUveveifo
    @JveudiUveveifo Рік тому

    I Came from brahim channel welcoom morocco.

  • @anawa4326
    @anawa4326 Рік тому

    Beautiful my Home island 😍

  • @EnglishBoy928
    @EnglishBoy928 7 місяців тому

    Masha Allah ❤️

  • @cuisen5609
    @cuisen5609 Рік тому +1

    Hello 🖐❤ I came from Ibrahim I am Moroccan

  • @williamkaranja9529
    @williamkaranja9529 Рік тому +1

    The kid just made me know your name ❤ big ups

  • @kofrefire1975
    @kofrefire1975 Рік тому +5

    🇲🇦 ❤

  • @geoff_254
    @geoff_254 Рік тому +5

    Lamu is the best place in Kenya if you want to have 16th - 19th century vibe mixed with modern life.

  • @hannahkamau85
    @hannahkamau85 2 місяці тому

    Lamu is beautiful

  • @simouellouhy
    @simouellouhy Рік тому +2

    Hi where is the video floating Village in 🇹🇭

  • @EnglishBoy928
    @EnglishBoy928 7 місяців тому

    You are my crush 🤩🥰 I Love Your Videos So Much From Bottom Of My Heart 💕 Love From India 🇮🇳

  • @b.k.5659
    @b.k.5659 Рік тому +7

    Lamu is not an Arab Island, it's a Swahili island, the architecture, roofing, culture, and language are distinctively Swahili not Arabic, the earliest visitors in Lamu weren't even Arabs, they were Persians and Indian traders from Uttar Pradesh. Such ignorance when trying to narrate African history isn't a thing of the present.

  • @AbdelilahOfficielTV
    @AbdelilahOfficielTV Рік тому

    You welcome to morocco
    👍👍👍👍

  • @alexcross3165
    @alexcross3165 Рік тому

    Here from Ibra Traveler ❤

  • @SiskaSiska-
    @SiskaSiska- Рік тому +1

    From ibra traveler❤

  • @danogeto78
    @danogeto78 Рік тому

    thankyou for the video 👌🏾

  • @scawzi3110
    @scawzi3110 Рік тому +1

    From ibra Channel 😁

  • @KamalNov
    @KamalNov Рік тому

    Nice

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    @hafidbizeguirne5792 Рік тому +1

    I'm IBRA fans

  • @robertmwashigadi3804
    @robertmwashigadi3804 7 місяців тому

    Come to mombasa kenya

  • @AyoubMesbahi966
    @AyoubMesbahi966 Рік тому +3

    ❤️🇲🇦❤

  • @artl.187
    @artl.187 Рік тому +1

    Nice video. Now how did Lamu get on your map?

    • @DotsonaMap
      @DotsonaMap  Рік тому +2

      We have a friend who spends a lot of time in Kenya (Elliot in this video) and we let him take the reigns during our trip!

  • @williamkaranja9529
    @williamkaranja9529 Рік тому

    New subscription at Naivasha

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    @in_gemo569 Рік тому

    new Sub
    from Ibra the Moroccain Guy

  • @Laliab298
    @Laliab298 Рік тому

    I come from a canal ibrahim channel❤❤

  • @luffymsf4884
    @luffymsf4884 Рік тому

    I came from ibrahim traveler channel😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

  • @saudaumar3354
    @saudaumar3354 Рік тому

    Mashallah Mashallah ASalamu aleykum Muhammad salim and calamari

  • @Saberwolves84
    @Saberwolves84 9 місяців тому

    When I went there it was one of the hottest places I have ever been to I was sweating getting off the boat

  • @بوبكراعضون
    @بوبكراعضون Рік тому

    From ibrahim channel❤ 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

  • @martinstarford6209
    @martinstarford6209 Рік тому

    karibu Kenya

  • @coby.rm81
    @coby.rm81 Рік тому +1

    🇲🇦🇲🇦

  • @SweettoothMarie77
    @SweettoothMarie77 Місяць тому

    Is there a church in Lamu?

  • @osamaattar8578
    @osamaattar8578 Рік тому

    You can Visit the Morocco

  • @alexraymonds1738
    @alexraymonds1738 Рік тому

    Why don't u do a mediaval movie in Lamu?

  • @ChahidChiwa
    @ChahidChiwa Рік тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @willieincordes392
    @willieincordes392 Рік тому

    👏👏👏👍👍

  • @serkanetkin
    @serkanetkin Рік тому

    👏💯

  • @brianedward9705
    @brianedward9705 Рік тому

    what is the title of the soundtrack 1:47

  • @collinsoduor9233
    @collinsoduor9233 6 місяців тому

    🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

  • @raradtada
    @raradtada Рік тому

    welcom to morocco

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    @infostar-wx6fp Рік тому

    😊👍💜🌹

  • @rajayoussef
    @rajayoussef Рік тому +1

    I cam from ibrahim

  • @mocafoot
    @mocafoot Рік тому

    WELCOME TO MOROCCO

  • @onthetownwithtanya
    @onthetownwithtanya 11 місяців тому

    only issue is those streets were likely made by african hands.. i hope they dont let too many in, as nosey people always want to make it their own...beautiful place as all of africa was

  • @saidbounasser5507
    @saidbounasser5507 Рік тому

    Hello

  • @abdoouapiculteur9243
    @abdoouapiculteur9243 Рік тому

    Traduction Arab 😊😊

  • @Chinesegirl-fps
    @Chinesegirl-fps Рік тому +1

    From Ibrahim

  • @markmacauley8116
    @markmacauley8116 Рік тому

    PLEASE Put some trousers on when you walk through a Muslim town.

  • @mohamedcabdi7473
    @mohamedcabdi7473 Рік тому +2

    Lamu Island, Somali Region, part of Somalia

  • @AbdelilahOfficielTV
    @AbdelilahOfficielTV Рік тому

    من عند إبراهيم travel

  • @ridouaneridouane1021
    @ridouaneridouane1021 Рік тому +1

    Ibrahim channel

  • @christianeyuile7071
    @christianeyuile7071 Рік тому

    ❤pls Can i have the number of Ur touristic guard thanks

  • @wasabi1m
    @wasabi1m 9 місяців тому

    Lose the music. Otherwise great

  • @imo-z2p
    @imo-z2p Рік тому

    Peponi means hell in swahili

  • @holaplease7327
    @holaplease7327 Рік тому +1

    Voice overs throughout the video feel very isolated from your personal perceptions and also make it hard to keep someone’s attention, no reason you can’t narrate the VOs yourself. A lot of the time it sounds like you’re reading from Wikipedia too. Try showing a culture through interacting with the locals more and really asking them questions, try to describe the food you eat better than just it’s nice or it’s tasty so we feel like we’re also tasting it. And when you have random people like Elliot in your video, introduce them, or the viewer is like what, Who is this!

  • @sonivilatela
    @sonivilatela 7 місяців тому

    Sorry, but it is not respectful to walk through the streets of Lamu showing your knees. At the beach area it is possible but the old town is not appropriate.

    • @Jthegreat84
      @Jthegreat84 7 місяців тому

      Who cares? She’s spending money, that’s all they care about! I was in Zanzibar Tanzania and they had the same rules but it doesn’t matter as long as you are spending money, so who cares!

  • @ElisabetAyuste
    @ElisabetAyuste 5 місяців тому

    Interesting... But please don't ride donkeys. Just like horses, they get pain and their backs become deformed over time. These are primitive and cruel customs that need to be abandoned... And in poor countries the least we tourists can do is not participate :( (The same with camels, elephants...etc.)

  • @mocafoot
    @mocafoot Рік тому

    WE come by @IBRA TRAVELER : WE JUST WANNA SUPPORT YOU

  • @وصفاتمفيدة-ف5ر
    @وصفاتمفيدة-ف5ر Рік тому

    I came from Ibrahim, a new friend from Morocco ♥️♥️🇲🇦

  • @محتوياترائعة-ر7ض

    WELCOME TO MOROCCO