My name is Ally Kleist Sykes. I was born in Dar es Salaam on 10 th September 1926 from Kleist Sykes Mbuwane, the son of a Zulu mercenary, Sykes Mbuwane and Bibi Mruguru bint Mussa who my father married in February 1923.
Umaarufu wake ni kama aliurithi kutoka kwa Baba yake Mzee Kleist Sykes aliyekuwa watu mashuhuri Dar es Salaam katika miaka ya 1900 hadi alipofariki mwaka 1949.