Introduction

Jagjit Reyatt, affectionately known as Jag, was born in Nakuru, Kenya and completed his education there. He had a passion for photography at a very early age and started learning photography in Kenya. He later moved to Arusha in Tanzania and worked in automotive maintenance of heavy machineries. He moved to England in 1973 and to the United States in 1983. He has been the Official photographer for Sikhlens since 2005.

Harjinder Kanwal is a Kenyan-born Sikh who has dedicated his life to researching Sikh history and heritage. He was born in 1943 in Machakos. His father, S. Phuman Singh Kanwal, made the move to East Africa from Punjab in 1938. Harjinder developed and designed www.sikh-heritage.co.uk, a major resource on Sikhism. His passion for literature has seen him write, translate and edit more than ten books.

Pally Dhillon, a computer professional, was raised half the year in Florida and the other half in India. His first book, Kijabe: An African Saga, was published in 2003 and is set in East Africa. Pally's third book Walk with Pride, published in 2008, is the engrossing story of three Indian pioneers who immigrated to East Africa in the early 20th Century.