The grass thatched ‘hut’ like structure has wooden blocked pews which are few in number and I ask if the congregation would fit in. Am told they weren’t many as Muslims outnumbered Christians- just sixty of them were housed here.
Blocked benches
A wooden cross, rosary, pictures of Jesus, small Bible and a used candle occupy the altar. Almond trees beautify the manicured paths where graves fill in the compound.
Like the Amazing Race, you find a huge padlock at the semi gate of the oldest Christian Church in East Africa that was gazetted a National Monument in 1935 believed to have been built in the 1490s.The key is collected at the Vasco Dagama gate.Had I known this when I made my trip to this gem, then that same day a guide would have accompanied me to the junction at the Baobab restaurant that neighbours the Chapel. Interestingly, when I…
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LIVING THE DREAM 