Lamu Island Kenya | Mighty African History

Lamu ‘Old Town’, located off the coast of Kenya on an island of the same name, is the oldest and best-preserved example of a Swahili settlement in East Africa. Indeed, Lamu has been inhabited continuously for over 700 years and is the country’s oldest continually inhabited town. It’s also a UNESCO world heritage site. Being relatively close to Somalia and having historic ties to Oman & Zanzibar etc - with Portuguese & British interference along the way too - it’s population is wonderfully divers

Aerial view of Lamu town