Welcome to the second issue of The Zanier Magazine.

Thanks for being the right person, at the right moment, making the right choice in picking the right magazine.We appreciate the many correspondence and phone calls that we received in support, motivation and even criticism after the maiden issue of The Zanier Magazine landed on magazine shelves. We would have acknowledged each and everyone of you by name but space is the limiting factor. Many of you wanted to know more about the meaning of the word “Zanier” and the relationship it has with what “The Zanier Magazine”, holds in store for you. From Oxford’s Advanced Learners’ Dictionary we find the word “Zany”, another adjective being “Zanier” which means being unusual in an amusing way. Thesaurus lists many words whose meanings closely relate to the word ‘Zanier’; comical, clownish, crazy, eccentric, goofy (informal), made-up and wacky(slang)among others. “The Zanier Magazine’s” contents are unique, special and are those one-in-a-life-time things, occurrences, views and events that are worth documenting. Going by the context and contents of “The Zanier Magazine”, we aim to excite, snatch your attention and make you go ‘ooh!’ ‘wow!” “is that so?” and “okay!”, We intend to achieve this in a unique, memorable, inspiring and dramatic fashion.
You, being special to us, have obliged us, to inform, educate and entertain you in an exceptional way. This second issue of “The Zanier Magazine” drives us towards fulfilling that obligation; It carries articles and stories which are totally reminiscent to both our rural and urban cultures. We bring you pieces on tourism, music and other entertainment sectors plus role models worthy of emulation closer to the readers by having in-depth interviews and one-on-one sessions with them.
You will be thrilled by the story on Kijuma’s role in promoting Lamu, and Kenya as a whole, as a tourist destination,Mzee Ngala’s 60-year contribution to coastal music and the Kenyan music industry as a whole among other stories. Pages of “The Teachers’ Forum” give Teachers, tutors, and lecturers anecdotes and tips in matters affecting their profession and calling as sculptors of the young minds and the brain matter of our beloved nation, Kenya. Conservationists will enjoy a walk through Ondiri Swamp without having their feet wet or even having to leave the warmth and comfort of their couches in their living rooms. Humor is a key ingredient towards a stable state of mind, good mental and physical health and thus we have made a
proactive effort of giving you these little doses in each and everyone of our issues of “The Zanier Magazine”.For you, lovers of fiction, be assured of intrigue and imagination in our fiction pieces such as “Coasterian Escapade.”Your entertainment and enlightenment just started by you picking up this issue from the shelves, now flip through and enjoy your issue of The Zanier Magazine EDITOR’S DESK