The Swahili Coast (6th -10th Century CE): Swahili Origins
There is an increase of settlements along and close to the shores along the stretch of the Swahili coast from Mogadishu to Sofala in Mozambique including the Lamu, Zanzibar and Comoros archipelagos and the northern tip of Madagascar. The communities were making and using a new suite of ceramics called Early Tana Traditions/ Triangular Incised […]
The Swahili Coast (1st – 5th Century CE): Rhapta
“In the end there will be two histories, theirs and ours. Ours will…satisfy us, while theirs continues to satisfy them.” (Spear [1981:178]) The Swahili coast is both a contested place, in regards to cultural identity formation and its somewhat painful narratives. Identity has been key in defining place and people, and even today, youth in […]