Swahili coast
Swahili coast refers to the East cost of Africa inhabited by the Swahili people, that is Kenya, Tanzania and the northern part of Mozambique. Sometimes the islands off this coast are also included. Examples of such islands are Zanzibar, Comoros and Pate.
Swahili Coast Media
A 1572 depiction of the city of Kilwa from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's atlas Civitates orbis terrarum.
Zanzibar slave market in 1860, by Edwin Stocqueler
A slave boy in Zanzibar punished by his master for a slight offence. The log weighed 32 pounds, and the boy could only move by carrying it on his head, circa 1890
Proto-historic and historic maritime trade network of the Austronesian peoples in the Indian Ocean per "Austronesian Shipping in the Indian Ocean: From Outrigger Boats to Trading Ships" in (2016) Early Exchange between Africa and the Wider Indian Ocean World, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 51−76
Stone Town is the Zanzibar Archipelago's main city
Swahili is grouped in the Bantu language family (orange)
Houses are often decorated with carved door frames
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