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EU: Mosque in the indigenous district of Mombasa (1927), Mombasa, Kenya, 1927

EU: Mosque in the indigenous district of Mombasa (1927)

1927 Mombasa, Kenya

A mosque in Mombasa's indigenous district, photographed in 1927, reflecting the long-established Muslim Swahili community of the coastal town, whose Islamic heritage traces back many centuries along the East African coast.

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