The East African Saturday March 13 2021 Summary Up on my rooftop room, I’m in a magical world. I have the privacy of the sky above with the turrets of Lamu Fort across the narrow alley. Under a spectacular sky lit with the stars we dine in the open courtyard of Subira that was a feature of noble Swahili houses. There’s no shortage to dining out from spicy street food and seafront restaurants to dining on the dhows. Advertisement I’m on the isle of Lamu, on Kenya’s coast, stepping into Subira House, a 19th century house that belonged to the liwali (governor) of Lamu and lovingly restored by the Aarts, the Swedish-Dutch couple who met on the island in the 1970s and have been together ever since. It’s a testimony to love.