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List of Swahili settlements of the East African coast

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Chwaka Mosque in Micheweni District, Tanzania.
Mkama Ndume palace in Pujini, Chake Chake District, Tanzania.
Kizimkazi Mosque in Dimbani, Kusini District, Tanzania.
Gedi in Kenya.
Kilwa Kisiwani ruins in Kilwa District, Tanzania.
Takwa ruins in Manda Island, Kenya.
Mbutu Bandarini Mosque in Kigamboni District, Tanzania.
Mbuamaji tombs in Kigamboni District, Tanzania.
Kimbiji Mosque in 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

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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

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  1. ^ Allen, James de Vere (1981). "Swahili Culture and the Nature of East Coast Settlement". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 14 (2): 306–334. doi:10.2307/218047. JSTOR 218047.

Further reading

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