Abubakar's Dream

With a Preface by Dr Clélia Coret

Abubakar Bwana Kodo is the son of the Imam of Witu, a Swahili city-state within the Lamu archipelago. As a youth, he is taught his people’s culture and history. A sailor and soldier, he sails the Indian Ocean, visits coastal communities, and serves as a captain in his nation’s army.
Walter ‘Hassan’ Fox, a Royal Marine, is a descendant of al-Hassan bin Ahmad, the last Swahili Sultan of Mombasa. Decades before, his grandfather, Mitchel ‘Hassan’ Fox, was abducte...