The town originally grew around the “Boma”, (Swahili word for a cattle corral), a German Fort built in the late 1800’s. Throughout the years Arusha has remained a relatively small town with a predominant safari and farming community; characterized as a melting pot for a variety of international settlers ranging from Asians, Germans and Greeks to South Africans and British.
Kwa kuona watu wa sehemu tofauti kabisa na sehemu zenye umbali mkubwa kiasi hicho wanaguswa na kuzungumzia jambo moja, ilinifundisha jambo kubwa nalo ni umoja wa kitaifa; ingawa kuna “walevi” wachache; kwa kutumia msemo wa mwanazuoni wa kitanzania Ephraim Kezilahabi; wanaotaka kuuharibu na kuuvunja pamoja na kwamba tunu hii inatunzwa na Kiswahili.