Above and Beyond

Her work at the National Museum of Kenya toward the end of the semester inspired the project. “One of the things that got me started was that they had a lot of exhibits and work on Lamu in the past and not so much on Lamu now,” Shelburne explained. The project encompasses a variety of issues that Shelburne encountered over the semester. “I worked a lot on looking at what people do to make a living there, both men and women … how families are structured, what the social ties in the community are