He has lived in Tanzania, Pakistan and the UK, where he studied Photography, TV and Film at Paddington College and Salisbury College of Art & Design. He has been involved with several books about Zanzibar: Zanzibar Guide, Historical Zanzibar – Romance of the Ages, Zanzibar Stone Town-An Architectural Exploration, Images of Zanzibar, Taste of Zanzibar, Tanzania – African Eden, Zanzibar Style, Zanzibar Style Recipes, Safari Living and safari Living Recipes. His company has also published other books such as Doors of Zanzibar, Zanzibar- A Plan for Historic Stone Town, Zanzibar Map, Memoirs of Arabian Princess from Zanzibar, calendars, address books, posters and postcards of Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania. He is currently working on a new book entitled ” Swahili Style”, which will be published by 2004.