The Arab and Swahili quater downtown old Mombasa

This is the walk through the old original part of the Mombasa Arab and Swahili quater.It is not frequented by many visitors as it is mainly a staunch Muslim area.Coming from Kenya I thought that this may be of interest to a variety of people. There is a lot of archetectoral history of the different buildings built during the pre colonial days, through to the present day. Also it shows the old harbour which is still used for handling cargo by the Arab dhows plying their trade along the East African Coast.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Mombasa
• Kenya
• Arab
• Dhows
• Swahili
• old
• town

[stewartplays]

I was half-expecting Master Chief to round the corner and shoot some Grunts.

[gamefreak1000000]

wtf this isn't Old Mombasa this is a shit town!

[babiisumptuous]

@saniboy69

Tell Him my brother

[babiisumptuous]

@ELHAJAJI

Wah u talking about Somali slaves think again Dude

[smbarak2000]

yeah...i miss the viazis vya rojo and babuyus!!!!!

[HEYCAL303]

elhajaji what do you7 know abou7t mombasa iam somali boy ilive us walaahi i dont like to stey one day in us i miss ganjooni and kibakooni iwish i lkive rset of my live in mombasa

[smilinXXprincess2603]

aww i miss this place so much brings back so many memories i wanna go back soon inshallah

[switchzak]

yeah i remember dis place haqi i use to buy barafu from some woman haha i came back recently from a holiday but will go back insha allah mombasa raha :)kuna shida ta enda very soon

peace salam

[imahmud]

i miss mombasa raha... i will go back there some day insha Allah.. i lived there for almost 8 years. i used to come this sea and swim..,. haha.. now i live in London and there is no sea to go :-) I LOVE MSA KIBOKONI

[saniboy69]

ELHAJAJI u r very stupid as i can see by stating that yemenis or arab omani picked up somali slaves somalis have never been made slaves in fact we used to look down on this very arabs u quote wewe slave traders the picked from the swahilis or coastal tribes . We have a saying in somali thatarabs are woman so the cannot be our slave master