Whose Heritage Counts in Mombasa?
On any given day in Old Town, tourists gather around and inside Fort Jesus World Heritage Site, phone cameras lifted toward coral-stone walls that have withstood centuries of imperial contestation. Guides narrate Portuguese arrival, Omani rule, British administration and sometimes about the locals. The architecture of the Fort is presented as a monumental, globally-legible archive.
Mackinon Market
Mackinon market sits along Digo Road (formerly Salim Road North), Mombasa. Founded in 1914 during the colonial era, the market was named after Sir Henry Mackinnon, the then-colonial governor. Being the first and oldest in the coastal region, Mackinnon market was gazetted as a national monument in 1980, under the Antiques and Monuments Act of […]