Dash before Dusk: A slave descendant's journey in freedom is an account of the life and times of Joe Khamisi a Kenyan slave descendant whose ancestors were taken captive by Arab traders from Nyasaland and Tanganyika rescued at sea by the British and settled at Rabai a slave encampment along the East African coast. Khamisi a former journalist diplomat and politician narrates the significant contributions former slaves and their descendants made in the transformation of Kenya into an independent state and their continuing struggle for recognition.