Ephraim W Wahome
Biographic Data
| ID | 5661328 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ephraim W Wahome |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ephraim W |
| FAMILY NAME | Wahome |
| SIGNATURE | WAHOME E W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nairobi |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8601-2413 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Establishing Historical Shoreline Trends for Adaption of Maritime Built Heritage to Climate Change Part 2
Kenya’s northern coast is confined to a narrow continental shelf dominated by high wave action. As a result, uncertainty surrounding rising sea levels makes conservation of maritime historic buildings, monuments and archaeology pertinent, yet challenging. Maritime antiquities are increasingly exposed to intrusive driven chemical weathering, damage which requires immediate remediation. To prioritize adaptation strategies along Kenya’s 584 km coast…
Analysis of Heritage Footprint in Towns along the Kenya Railway
The origins of urban development and the colonial railroad in Kenya’s hinterland are inseparable. As a consequence of their history, the urban areas encompass important heritage areas that can be methodologically determined, quantified and conserved for posterity. Despite its historic significance, townscape heritage around railway stations is at threat of loss since it remains unidentified, unmapped and without a common methodological conservati…
Determination of Shoreline Variability for Adaptation of Maritime Built Heritage to Climate Change
Erosion, shoreline retreat and accelerated beach loss at maritime heritage sites in Southern Kenya, is on the rise. Consequences ranging from gradual decay, collapse to outright catastrophic loss of pillars, mosques, tombs, wells and historic ruins are indicative of absent coastal management and climate adaptation plans. Unfortunately, the susceptibility of this heritage to suffer damage remains high due to its location, age, material and methods…
Conserving Commons for Whom? Heritage Conservation in Nairobi and Other Places in Kenya
Urban heritage is an indicator of people’s idiosyncrasies. Significant values and meanings are created, and their decline can be controlled through conservation. Unfortunately, conservation in Kenya has been endorsed somewhat by powerful politicians and administrators for partisan objectives. They have failed to enforce existing conservation law and tried to appropriate value heritage assets. This paper, therefore, assesses the challenges of heri…
Mineralogical analysis of ancient pottery in a Swahili setlement of Siyu, north coast of Kenya
This paper presents the mineralogical analysis of ancient pottery from Siyu, one of the ancient Swahili settlements on Kenya's north coast. The application of mineralogical analysis on ancient pottery was conducted as an adjunct to a broad archaeological investigation of the early occupation of Siyu using the exchange networks perspective. One of the study's objectives was to determine the quality of potting material in the potsherds and resource…
Saving the Industry from Itself
Kenya railway represents the earliest direct interaction between Kenya and the industrial revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. It came to Kenya in 1895 after it had successfully opened up many parts of the world and has since then been a key mode of transport for over 100 years. This entrenches the railway as part of Kenya’s heritage as it has impacted many aspects of the sociocultural and economic spheres of life. This study identifies the…
Continuity and change in Lapita and post‐Lapita ceramics
Although a relationship between Lapita and post‐Lapita ceramic traditions has long been suspected, a systematic and detailed examination of similarities and differences between them has not been previously made. An important first step is to determine the nature of change from one to the other by examining pottery from sites which have the full ceramic sequence. My analyses of ceramic assemblages from Manus and New Ireland demonstrate continuity …
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Continuity and change in Lapita and post‐Lapita ceramics
Although a relationship between Lapita and post‐Lapita ceramic traditions has long been suspected, a systematic and detailed examination of similarities and differences between them has not been previously made. An important first step is to determine the nature of change from one to the other by examining pottery from sites which have the full ceramic sequence. My analyses of ceramic assemblages from Manus and New Ireland demonstrate continuity …
Saving the Industry from Itself
Kenya railway represents the earliest direct interaction between Kenya and the industrial revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. It came to Kenya in 1895 after it had successfully opened up many parts of the world and has since then been a key mode of transport for over 100 years. This entrenches the railway as part of Kenya’s heritage as it has impacted many aspects of the sociocultural and economic spheres of life. This study identifies the…
Mineralogical analysis of ancient pottery in a Swahili setlement of Siyu, north coast of Kenya
This paper presents the mineralogical analysis of ancient pottery from Siyu, one of the ancient Swahili settlements on Kenya's north coast. The application of mineralogical analysis on ancient pottery was conducted as an adjunct to a broad archaeological investigation of the early occupation of Siyu using the exchange networks perspective. One of the study's objectives was to determine the quality of potting material in the potsherds and resource…
Determination of Shoreline Variability for Adaptation of Maritime Built Heritage to Climate Change
Erosion, shoreline retreat and accelerated beach loss at maritime heritage sites in Southern Kenya, is on the rise. Consequences ranging from gradual decay, collapse to outright catastrophic loss of pillars, mosques, tombs, wells and historic ruins are indicative of absent coastal management and climate adaptation plans. Unfortunately, the susceptibility of this heritage to suffer damage remains high due to its location, age, material and methods…
Conserving Commons for Whom? Heritage Conservation in Nairobi and Other Places in Kenya
Urban heritage is an indicator of people’s idiosyncrasies. Significant values and meanings are created, and their decline can be controlled through conservation. Unfortunately, conservation in Kenya has been endorsed somewhat by powerful politicians and administrators for partisan objectives. They have failed to enforce existing conservation law and tried to appropriate value heritage assets. This paper, therefore, assesses the challenges of heri…
Establishing Historical Shoreline Trends for Adaption of Maritime Built Heritage to Climate Change Part 2
Kenya’s northern coast is confined to a narrow continental shelf dominated by high wave action. As a result, uncertainty surrounding rising sea levels makes conservation of maritime historic buildings, monuments and archaeology pertinent, yet challenging. Maritime antiquities are increasingly exposed to intrusive driven chemical weathering, damage which requires immediate remediation. To prioritize adaptation strategies along Kenya’s 584 km coast…
Analysis of Heritage Footprint in Towns along the Kenya Railway
The origins of urban development and the colonial railroad in Kenya’s hinterland are inseparable. As a consequence of their history, the urban areas encompass important heritage areas that can be methodologically determined, quantified and conserved for posterity. Despite its historic significance, townscape heritage around railway stations is at threat of loss since it remains unidentified, unmapped and without a common methodological conservati…
Geography (7 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 works) · Environmental resource management (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Climate change (2 works) · Cruise Tourism Development and Management (2 works) · Cultural heritage (2 works)