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I am indebted to Joe and Rosario Antao for allowing me the use of these very special and rare photographs from the Seraphino Antao (Kenya's -- and Goa's -- great sprint champion, Commonwealth Games double sprint Gold Medallist) family album. Mombasa, Kenya: arguably three of the finest sprinters of all time   https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap1-nmy2_AnLlx62ZphvPrykqynd  highlight all and right click open link

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Philip De Souza Lead Guitarist With the late Ramos Mascarenhas The String Beats with Henry Braganza The String Beats Philip, Ramos and Peter Santimano With drummer Paul De Souza and others Phil De Souza was born in Cortalim, Salcete, Goa. At the 10, he travelled by ship to Mombasa and after a further two days’ journey to Nairobi, he saw his father for the first time in his life. In June, 1953, he was admitted to St Teresa’s in Eastleigh. In December that year, his dad decided to move the family to Mombasa and Phil went to the Goan High School there. At the age of 13, his mother bought him his first guitar/ “Our music teacher was Nevis Pereira who had just returned from the United Kingdom. The legendary piano player Edmund Silveira gave me my first music lesson,” recalls Phil. Silveira had come to the school to teach the guitar and the first song they learnt was “Oh When the Saints Come Marching In. “My fellow learner...

100,000 hits on my blog In my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined that the readers of my blog would take to the high peaks of a 100,000 hits. In fact, when I started the blog that was the furthest thing on my mind. I would have been happy if one or two friends had read it and joined me on my therapeutic journey. I am very grateful and humbled at the same time. As I said, I did not have any lofty ideas for the blog. The years after 2007 had been pretty rough, only I did not know it. When my GP told me I was depressed I almost fell out of my chair. I thought he was joking … but no, he insisted I go and visit a psychologist and a psychiatrist. I could not understand it, so I went to try and find some answers. After my first visit to the psychologist, I hit the research button on Google and spent quite a lot of time understand anxiety and depression. One of the things I learned was that my downside could as a result of negative thoughts and concerns swimming in my head (I...

Michael Rattos, Clifton Carrasco, Richard Rattos, Magnus Fernandes, later Eddie Rattos to ok ov er the drums   Richard Rattos: the consumate professiona Richard Rattos The Drifters In 1963, The Drifters, in Kampala, Uganda, was started by Richard Rattos (guitar and vocals), Michael Rattos (guitar, bass), Clifton Carrasco (drums) and Magnus Fernandes (vocals, bass). As teenagers they were a solid band and went on to win fans all around East Africa including the musical mecca of Nairobi. Most polished Nairobi musicians recognised in The Drifters a band to be reckoned with and respected. In 1966, Clifton Carrasco went on to further his studies and a third Rattos brother, Eddie, replaced him as the drummer. They recorded their version of the Swahili favourite Malaika. The band was disbanded in 1968 when Richard to Ireland for further studies. Just a few of The Drifters gigs: Kampala Club    Kampala G I   Jinja G I   Silver Sprin...