of Kenya extended beyond the Freretown and Rabai settlements in Kenya, and beyond the realms of church and education, to cover much of eastern Africa.  
The Bombay Africans as returnee Africans have long passed away; their descendants married the enslaved people they freed or local Africans as they became dispersed throughout Africa. The memory of the Bombay Africans is nonetheless very much alive among the people of Rabai and Freretown, who continue to regard themselves with pride as Kenyan African communities with a unique history.