The Africa inland mission

Abstract

"Christianity first came to the Kenyan coast through the Portuguese Roman Catholics. Beginning in 1498 when Vasco da Gama dropped anchor at Malindi, the Portuguese made sporadic visits to the Kenyan coast, attempting many times to Christianize the coastal peoples. By 1890 the only remnants of these efforts were some 50 Goan Roman Catholics and the ruins of the historic Fort Jesus in the city of Mombasa."