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A History of the East African Coast
Contributor(s): Cornelius, Charles (Author)

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ISBN: 1461166160     ISBN-13: 9781461166160
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $19.94  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: November 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Africa - East
Physical Information: 0.22" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" L (0.33 lbs) 104 pages
 
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The history of the Swahili coast is laced with political intrigue, scandal, international commerce, war, invasion and terrorism. Stretching from Somalia in the north, through Kenya and Tanzania, to Mozambique in the south and to the great offshore islands of the coast, it is home to the Swahili people, a unique blend of Arab, African and Persian, whose story stretches back more than two thousand years and which forms the backdrop to one of Africa's oldest and greatest civilizations. Drawing on archaeology, the civic chronicles of the Swahili towns and accounts of the coast written by explorers, traders and colonialists from as far afield as Italy, China and Britain, this illustrated book tells the story of the Swahili coast. Moving from the slave markets and clove plantations of Zanzibar, to the stone towns of the Lamu Archipelago, to the fight for control of Mombasa and its great bastion, Fort Jesus, it tells the stories of Zanzibar sultans, Swahili traders, Portuguese conquerors and Christian missionaries.
 
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