Ngomeni Shipreck
Ngomeni is a small fishing village a few kilometers form Malindi. The town itself had a long history with the Portuguese, and played a significant role in the fall of Mombasa in the 16th century. The Portuguese were favored by the existing infighting between the sultans of Mombasa and Malindi, and when the later repelled […]
The Swahili Coast(11th – 15th century CE): Stone Towns
This period the emergence of stone towns and increased coastal wealth and influence as trade expanded to the interior- as small towns grew to trade with and through the bigger ones, and also through the sea. There was more conversion to Islam and by the 11th century majority of coastal people were practicing Muslims. External […]