List of Swahili settlements of the East African coast
Kigamboni District
, Tanzania.Swahili settlements of the East African coast date from as early as the first century CE when eastern Bantu people on the east coast of Africa began adopting the Swahili language and culture and founded settlements along the coast and islands.[1] Below is a list of Swahili settlements founded between 800 CE to 1900 CE.
Northern coast, Tanzania
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Southern Coast, Tanzania
Zanzibar Island, Tanzania
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Pemba Island, Tanzania
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South coast, Kenya
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North coast, Kenya
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References
- JSTOR 218047.
Further reading
- Allen, James De Vere (1993). Swahili Origins: Swahili Culture & the Shungwaya Phenomenon. J. Currey. JSTOR al.ch.document.sip200016.
- Horton, Mark (September 1987). "The Swahili Corridor". Scientific American. 257 (3): 86–93. JSTOR 24979481.
- Allen, James De Vere (1974). "Swahili Architecture in the Later Middle Ages". African Arts. 7 (2): 42–84. JSTOR 3334723.
- Spear, Thomas (2000). "Early Swahili History Reconsidered". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33 (2): 257–290. JSTOR 220649.
- Kessy, Emmanuel T. (August 1992). The economic basis and the location of same 'iron age' settlement on pemba and zanzibar (Thesis).
- Kessy, Emanuel Thomas (1997). "Archaeological sites survey from Kisiju to Dar es Salaam". Nyame Akuma (48): 57–69. .