Following in the footsteps of ancient Chinese navigator Zheng He, Chinese Nobel Literature Prize winner Mo Yan arrived in Kenya in late July. “When Zheng and his fleet landed in the area of Kenya some 600 years ago, he saw giraffes and mistook them for kylins, mythical Chinese creatures that bring good luck,” Mo said.
The fleet brought a giraffe back to China as a gift to the then emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). “To deliver the large animal over such a long voyage involved loads of work, including securing it in a wooden
