List of Swahili settlements of the East African coast

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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.[2][3][4][5][6]

Northern coast, Tanzania[]

Southern Coast, Tanzania[]

Zanzibar Island, Tanzania[]

Pemba Island, Tanzania[]

South coast, Kenya[]

North coast, Kenya[]

References[]

  1. ^ de Vere Allen, James (1981). "Swahili Culture and the Nature of East Coast Settlement". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 14 (2): 333-334. doi:10.2307/218047. JSTOR 218047.
  2. ^ Allen, James de Vere (January 1993). "Swahili Origins: Swahili culture and the Shungwaya Phenomenon". Smithsonian Heritage Collection: 1–289. JSTOR al.ch.document.sip200016. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. ^ Horton, Mark (1987). "The Swahili Corridor". Scientific American. 257 (3): 86–93. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0987-86. JSTOR 24979481.
  4. ^ Allen, James De Vere (1974). "Swahili Architecture in the Later Middle Ages". African Arts. 7 (2): 42–84. doi:10.2307/3334723. JSTOR 3334723.
  5. ^ Spear, Thomas (2000). "Early Swahili History Reconsidered". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33 (2): 257–290. doi:10.2307/220649. JSTOR 220649.
  6. ^ de Vere Allen, James (1981). "Swahili Culture and the Nature of East Coast Settlement". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 14 (2): 333-334. doi:10.2307/218047. JSTOR 218047.
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