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Kuldip Sondhi’s play salutes martyrs of Mombasa

Kuldip Sondhi during the staging of Don Geronimo at the Little theatre Club Mombasa. (Photo: George Orido/Standard)

When I settled down to watch Don Geronimo, a play by Kuldip Sondhi, last Sunday evening after celebrating Easter, little did I know that one of the silent themes was the unknown Mombasa martyrs.

Whilst the story is about the Arab conquest of the Portuguese to take control of Fort Jesus and the political power that comes with it, the story also focuses on the sheer slaughter of innocent believers.

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