This guy is done what the mainstream media including the National broadcast KBC have failed to do in recent years. I wonder who finances the Kenya Historian to do this marvelous work of documenting the past and present of Kenya as it grow. Imagine, the attraction this documentaries is doing for both local and international tourism industry. But was amaze me is the knowledge of the producer and narrator of this documentaries... This guy is only a foot away from being hired either by BBC or National Geographic. Watch this page.
Amazing Kenyan❤ history and wonderful input my assignment 😊 Mr peter tolle a nice guy and i like your explanation i get the chance see this historical places... honestly it's a good place thank you !
Bro your videos are just up there, you need more recognition out there. This is a well researched documentary which is rare to find for free here in RU-vid
this was mostly its colonial history. I thought you would talk mostly about pre colonial start of mombasa centuries ago but you mostly focused on the late 1800s and early 1900s
I think its mostly because of jealousy or hatred that SOME PEOPLE wont appreciate nor do they teach the real history about the pre historical era and not mentioning the Swahili tribes and there origins to the coastal cities. Even in schools they dont teach the real pre historical ere correctly.. they only start when the portugese came.
Mombasa is B.C era city. The ancient Egyptians,Greek and Romans were sailing down the eastern African coast which they called AZANIA around 800 bc-50 AD.
I have loved your documentary and have been greatly enlightened. The voice-over is top notch and sounds very familiar to us who usually watch historical features on TV. God bless you and keep it up.
Mombasa history gies way back beyond Fort Jesus.....when Mwanakisi the Swahili Queen reigned ....thus peice has focused more on the recent Omani Arab and British colonialism and failed to touch on the indigenous Swahili people (The 12 Swahili Tribes/Thenaashara Taifa ) history. Meanwhile Mr Tolle is one good historian good work
This not the history of Kenya but that of the Coast region before the coming of the Omani or British, there lived the swahili tribes even before the arrival of the portuguese too.
Thanks for watching Suleiman. I am glad you've added that point. But you can continue watching my documentaries for more. If you scroll through you can see we have a documentary on Fort Jesus...it talks about that. I can't be repeat everything in every single documentary we produce. Thanks and be blessed.
@@Khalid-mf3iu kwa hiyo inakuhusu nini? Utalipwa shilling ngapi kwa ajili ya uislamu? Historia uliyonayo nani alikusanifisha? Sisi ni wakenya na hatutaki fitina kama unayoeneza bro
The tour guide has command of good English and what he's talking about that is one true tour guide and not the wannabes 🙈 I see everyday on lots and lots of these videos
Mombasa has existed since 900 AD.. with trading roots and links way back to china...without doubt mombasa and the coastal peoples along the coast are far older than Kenya ...
That is IF YOU WERE AN EXAMINER 😅... but the title isnt correct... should be like MOMBASA DURING THE PORTUGESE AND THE BRITISH COLONIAL ERA... saying its Mombasas origin is misleading the fact that mombasa and the whole of the coastal strip had it own city states and well flourishing in the Indian Ocean trade that time. And not to forget the native governing those cities were the Swahili Tribes 😅 (swahili tribes as in not the ones you think as the outcome of arabs intermarriges) ... just letting u know cz i know its not taught in schools wel enough.
Good narration of the recent history but Mombasa or Coast has a long history before it became part of Kenya. Long before the Omani Arabs, the British or even the Portuguese arrived. Lets tell a history of the People who belong to Mombasa too.
"While i apreciate the good job done by these two gentlemen, i must also critisize the one sided history! During those days,the arabs,portuguese used to turn to the local community (musungullös/wanyikkas the present waswahili) for protection. Its sad that nothing is mentioned about them! we hear asians,arabs portuguises only.I am in possesion of some documents about the last siege of fort jesus which the present mijikenda played a very important role by helping the Mazuruis and defeated the portuguise! The Mijikendas placed nine people from every tribe to stop any looting the valueable spoils by exchanging the keys to a nother tribe every day! They were included in a delegation to oman and met the sultan and orderd that,they must be given every thing that was in the house except the gunpowder! We demand one hall/wing of this building to be remamed"MIJIKENDA HALL"and have their names displayed.Its only such a gesture that we can learn our heroes.Our forefathers payed a high price,time to honour them.
If you deny them their existence, you got the right to take away their lands , possessions and their rights. Not mentioning the Swahili culture and civilisations was intentionally.
The plistocene is a much younger period than the jurassic. So the area was not under the ocean during the plistocene.. It definately was under the ocean in the jurrasic that i know..
The title should be MOMBASA DURING THE WHITE COLONIAL DAYS. Its misleading to refer mombasas origin to a point where the portugese or the British colonial era!! I think its kind of intentionally to omit mentioning Mombasa Origin to the native Swahili tribes and the coastal city states.
never waste your time watching this any history of east african coast dating from the period of european colonialism is just a misleading for a purpose.Remember that east african coast has the rich swahili culture dating back even 9th Century and that was the golden period to be focused on in history
If you deny them their existence, you got the right to take away their lands , possessions and their rights. Not mentioning the Swahili culture and civilisations was intentionally.
Why they scared to say mombasa it was is independence country witch was given to Kenyans to jomo kenyata with British, thy hide 😂 something about mombasa wich the don't want people to know, but truth will be revealed
Don't teach us the wrong history that was taught at school please. We know our history very well and Mombasa was there since the 2 century. Go read more what you said is just lies taught at school the real history about Mombasa is not being taught at all
I guess those historical structures will not be there in a few years from now looking at the state in which they are, in short they're in a horrible state something needs be done
@@KenyanHistorian there can be no doubt, as a matter of history and as a matter of law, that the Coastal strip was before 1895, and has since, remainded a part of territories reigned over by his Highness, the sultan of zanzibar. The 1895 Agreement in no way touched the question of sovereignty. Its only effect was to transfer to the british gvt responsibility for the administration of the area. If the agreement were terminated such responsibility would revert to his highness.
In other way am saying they are right the sultan rule till around 1962.... he had powers in the coastal strip too, though the administration part was given to the british for it interests in controlling the colony of Kenya.
