the precolonialSwahilicity-states on the Indian Ocean littoral and the interior kingdoms in and around the great lakes of the region. Other less complex polities are considered by reference to a number of specific and typical ethnic examples. The latter commentary demonstrates the manner in which ...
The medieval largely autonomous towns and polities known as the Swahili states arose out of fishing and agropastoral settlements on the eastern African coast during the late first millenniumad6. First millenniumadsites on the littoral, beginning in the seventh century, were part of a shared materia...
“king” of Zanzibar, in gratitude for Portuguese assistance in expelling certain African invaders, donated the island to his allies, but the donation was neverimplemented. A Portuguese trading factory and an Augustinian mission were established on the site of the modern city ofZanzibar, and a ...