International School of Cultural Heritage 28 KENYA Khadija Twahir Ms. Khadija Twahir, is a Lamu resident and a professional archivist currently working as aLibrarian at National Museums of Kenya, Lamu Fort Library. She is pursuing a Master degree in Record Management and Archive Administration. She has participated in documentary heritage survey and was able to collect a number of 19th and 20th century Islamic manuscripts for MprinT@EastAfrica digitalization project. She has also host Modern Endangered Archives programme (UMADA Project) that involved the digitalization of flat materials and audio cassettes of Lamu Prominent Muslim scholar known as Ustadh Mau. Khadija is a member of ICA. She has participated in the Regional Emergency Response and documentary heritage held in Pretoria, in South Africa in 2024. She has also participated in Disaster Risk management initiatives for cultural heritage in Lamu, particular Lamu Museum. She has contributed in Preservation of Lamu Indigenous knowledge in Elimu Asilia Project by Goethe Institute. Khadija is a co-founder of Lamu Maktabaya Sanaa (Library of Art and Culture). Khadija has over 20 years’ experience as Librarian/archivist in National Museums of Kenya. She works with collections including 19th-20th Islamic Manuscripts, Business transactions since East Africa time and colonial time, Poems, Sermon of Lamu scholar both flats and audio cassette materials since 1960, old Lamu Photographs since 1900, and contributes to research dissertation and research projects of Lamu Culture, Historical Books of Lamu, Kenya and Islamic local published booklets. Archivist / Librarian at the National Museums of Kenya, Lamu Museum, Lamu, Kenya
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