On Monday, Kenyan mountaineer James Kagambi returned home to a hero’s welcome. A crowd of people met him at the airport to congratulate him on summiting Mount Everest earlier this month. The 62-year-old was part of the first-ever all-Black team of mountaineers to climb the mountain. The World’s Halima Gikandi reports from Nairobi.
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