Mombasa; Enchanting City on the Kenyan Coast
Exploring the colourful history and culture of Mombasa, Kenya Mombasa, on Kenya's coast, is a city steeped in history, surrounded by palm trees and warm waters. To learn more about this fascinating port city, read "Mombasa: An Enchanting City on the Kenyan Coast" by author Emmanuel Kariuki. In richly illustrated prose, Kariuki takes readers on a journey through Mombasa's early years, during trade with the Arabian Peninsula, Asia, the Far East, and within Africa itself. From this coffee table book, we learn of the city's strategic importance as a cosmopolitan hub connecting these distant lands as far back as the days of Chen He, the famous Chinese explorer between 1405 and 1433. Chen made a total of seven voyages, one of which ended in disaster, leaving his sailors to be adopted by the local Swahili people. Mombasa has architectural gems like Old Town with its narrow streets and the centuries-old Mandhry Mosque. The imposing Portuguese Fort Jesus still stands...