such festival is held annually in Lamu Old Town, a world heritage site in Kenya. The purpose of the paper is to highlight … the importance of hosting sustainable events in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach – The subject scope is on maintaining … frequently remain unexploited. For these reasons, festivals' engagement with tourism forces in Lamu need to be carefully managed …

intellectual property. Building on ethnographic case studies from Kenya, Nepal, Peru, Russia, and many other countries, this …