Landmark
Long Street
Victorian street of wrought-iron balconies, lively bars and hostels, hiding a freed slave's breakaway mosque.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Long Street in Cape Town follows Jan van Bougies, a freed slave who rose within the congregation of the city's first mosque, the Auwal Mosque, and wanted to become its next imam. You'll hear about the plain townhouse at number 185, indistinguishable from any other Cape facade, and what happened after Jan did not get the role he sought. A good detail to look for: how two centuries of a rising street have left the building's windows sitting oddly low.
This audio guide was created using AI.