The King’s Palace Museum in Nyanza

There are two palaces here. A replica (apparently) of an old hut palace, and a new palace built in the 30’s for the next to last king (photography inside was forbidden).

Grain stored behind the royal bed

The milk hut, tended for life by a virgin

The beer hut

Long horns in the royal corral. Wealth was measured in cattle

 

 

The new palace

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