SOUTH AFRICA

Along the slopes of Signal Hill lies the Malaysian district of Bo-Kaap, a historic and picturesque area of Cape Town, and the center of traditional culture of Malaysian Cape. The district is characterized by a number of mosques and low houses of the first nineteenth century, painted in pastel colors. In the district there is also the Bo-Kaap Museum, located in the oldest house of the area built in the years around 1760. The museum is about the history of the Malaysian community and the contribution it has made to the growth of the city.

The Cape Malay community is an ethnic group formed mainly by people coming from Indonesia, the former Dutch East Indies, the first group of Malaysian slaves were brought to South Africa by the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) a few years after the foundation of Cape Town. Later enlarged the community religious leaders and political dissidents, that opposed to the Dutch domain in the East Indies. This community that in Cape Town count about 166,000 people, in the vast majority speaks Afrikaans. In addition to the Islamic religion, many are still living cultural traditions of the community, such as food and traditional music.

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Inhabitants, Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa

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