May 2022: Early findings in Pate Island. With National Museum of Kenya team

MPRINT SPREADS ITS MESSAGE: An important part of the MprinT project is the interaction with custodians of texts, and their knowledge about its usage over time. During the recent field trip in Lamu, parts of the MprinT team spoke with local and regional media to raise awareness about the project on the East African coast.

Published: 13.05.2025 (Updated: 13.08.2025)

"Discovering" manuscripts is the media headline here, but in fact the textual heritage of East Africa is in no need to be discovered, as much as preserved, studied and appreciated as an inherent and living part of the Islamic tradition.