Did you know that cricket was extremely popular on the coasts of Eastern Africa, and more specifically among the traditional Maasai warriors?
Well, Thomas Mukoya, photojournalist that works for Reuters, took few
amazing pictures of them during one of their friendly matches in
Mombasa.
1.
A member of the Maasai Cricket Warriors team catches a ball in Mombasa.
Thomas Mukoya is a Nairobi-based Kenyan photojournalist who has worked with Thomson Reuters,
the world’s largest international news agency, since 2004 and is the
President of the Photojournalist’s association of Kenya (PAK). Thomas
has traveled widely across Africa covering breaking news and feature
stories from Kenya, Somalia, Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda,
Comoros, Djibouti, Malawi and the “2010 Fifa World Cup” in South Africa
and the “Walk to Independence” in South Sudan. His last major assignment
was documenting the Drought and Famine story in the Horn of Africa in
2011. Thomas covered the African Cup of Nations 2012 tournament in
Libreville Gabon.