Crack an Old Mystery at Jumba la Mtwana

Crack an Old Mystery at Jumba la Mtwana : Jumba la Mtwana in Mtwapa is all that’s left of a Swahili settlement from the 1400s. At its peak, it seems to have had a thriving culture, art, and trade, but it suddenly disappeared after just one hundred years. A long time ago, the houses had roofs. Now, only the old coral stone walls stand. They are now home to a lot of Agama Lizards.

All that’s left of Jumba La Mtwana now are the old coral stone walls. The roofs are long gone. They are now home to a lot of Agama Lizards. No one knows for sure, but it’s possible that the people who lived on Jumba moved to better places or the waters ran out. No one can even be sure that was the name of the village seven hundred years ago.

No matter what, the town must have been very pretty when it was built, and the fact that it has 4 mosques suggests that most of the people who lived there were Muslims.

I’m still not sure why the place was named Jumba la Mtwana, which in Kiswahili means “large house of the slave.” There is proof that fishermen and traders lived and worked here. So, they must have been interested in the trade that happened in the Indian Ocean at the time.

James Kirkman dug up old Chinese china in 1972, and the fact that there is a market centre there makes it more likely that the site was a business hub than a slave market. The puzzle of Jumba is like this, though.

Jumba La Mtwana has a museum that you should plan to see. A lot of interesting things have been found inside that help us understand how the town changed over time.

Make plans to go to the museum in person. A lot of interesting things have been found inside that help us understand how the town changed over time. A group of old pictures show how people lived in the past.

There are ruins of several mosques. The main mosque is the biggest of them all. It stands next to a white, crystal beach where light blue water dances and ripples. In the north wall, you can still see parts of its beautiful mihrab, which is a niche that points the way to Mecca.

There are ruins of several mosques. The main mosque is the biggest of them all. It stands next to a white, crystal beach where light blue water dances and ripples.

In the past, people who went to each mosque must have cleaned themselves before prayers by going to a small well.

In this place, the house with many doors was the most interesting building to me. The word “many doors” comes from the fact that it has many rooms, each with its own entrance door.

Archaeologists think that the house of many doors may have been built by an enterprising lord who saw that tradesmen coming to this area had nowhere to stay after doing business and decided to let them stay.

Archaeologists think that the house of many doors was built by an enterprising nobleman who saw that businessmen coming to this area had nowhere to stay after doing business and decided to build it for them.

In those days, the Monsoon winds were very important for sea travel. Merchants would often stay in a trading town for up to six months while they waited for the winds to blow their way. What happened most of the time was that they married neighborhood girls. A little ways away, facing the ocean, there is a tomb with a faded verse from the Koran that says:

Every soul will die. On the Day of the Resurrection, you will just get paid in full. The winner is the one who is taken out of the fire and put in heaven. The life on earth is just a dream.

Until Jumba la Mtwana says more, its crumbling walls and the shade of tall baobab trees on grassy hills that lead down to the sea will keep its secret safe. Time is the only thing that can reveal its secrets Until Jumba la Mtwana says more, its crumbling walls and the shade of tall baobab trees on grassy hills that lead down to the sea will keep its secret safe.

Go to Jumba la Mtwana the next time you’re in Mtwapa and try to figure out what the Watwanas are up to. Getting in will cost you some shillings because the National Museums of Kenya run the site and need to charge a fee to keep it going. Use the table below to get an idea of how much something costs.