Our fascinating, adventurous historical journey to the origins of Kenya continues, exploring the birth and evolution of the city of Mombasa over the centuries.
In the fourth episode of Freddie del Curatolo’s podcast on the history of Mombasa, we have reached the mid-1800s.
What could two islands have in common when they are eight thousand kilometres, two continents and three seas apart?
And what links, in the second half of the nineteenth century, a Scottish merchant and a German explorer who would never meet?
And finally, what does a German Jewish governor working for the Ottoman Empire have to do with it? Quite simply, the partition of Africa and the birth of Kenya...
As always, the Italians in Kenya Podcast is available on Freddie del Curatolo’s Spotify channel or on the Malindikenya.net YouTube channel
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(In Italian language)