The house inspiration depicts the towering mud of the Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali, the mud palaces of Morocco, Swahili architecture of the East African coast, Zanzibar and Lamu; and the traditional houses of Ghana and Burkina Faso.

The house[4] has thousands pieces of objects, collections of artworks, artefacts, antique, ceremonial costumes, weaponry, jewellery, textiles, brassware and traditional pottery.

Mr Murumbi was the first Kenyan foreign minister and also served as the second vice president of Kenya.

Thus, African heritage was formed in 1972 by Alan Donovan and Joseph Murumbi.

In the year 2014 African Heritage[7] House was at risk for demolition to pave way for planned standard gauge [8] railway line built by the Kenya government through a Chinese company.