Local governance

Malindi now falls under Kilifi County as per the administrative changes in the new constitution passed in August 2010. Malindi forms a municipal council with the following thirteen wards: Barani, Ganda/Mkaumoto, Gede, Gede North, Gede South, Kijiwetanga, Madunguni, Malimo, Malindi Central, Malindi North, Maweni, Shella, and Watamu Town. All of them are located within Malindi Constituency.

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File:House of Columns Malindi.jpg|The front of the "House of Columns"

File:Robinson Island Kenya.jpg|Near Robinson Island north of Malindi

File:Sun rise Malindi.jpg|Sunrise over the Indian Ocean at Malindi

File:Colours of the sea.jpg|Beach close to Malindi

Malindi.jpg|Boats at sunset in Malindi

thumb|alt=Malindi Kenya as captured by Malindians.com|alindi Nightlife as captured on aerial photography

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The novel "MALI D'AFRICA" (by Sara Cardelli) describes an impossible love in Malindi.

Most of the events in Andrei Gusev's novels Once in Malindi (2021) and Our Wild Sex in Malindi (2020) take place in Malindi, Watamu, or Lamu. The novels describe the protagonists' (Russian writer Andy and his wife Jennifer, who was born in Kenya) lives in these towns in the 2010s.

The song "Yasoi Malindi" was written by Yasoy Kala Kana about the town.

See also

  • Historic Swahili Settlements
  • Swahili architecture
  • Vasco da Gama Pillar, Malindi
  • Portuguese Chapel, Malindi
  • House of Columns, Malindi
  • Malindi Kingdom
  • Sinking of the Christiana Hama

References

  • Malindi Municipal Council Website
  • Malindi RFC website
  • Malindi Kenya Tourist Information Centre