Bao players in the Stone Town of ZanzibarWoman dressed in traditional clothes, Tanzania, Bagamoyo
Swahili culture is the culture of the Swahili people inhabiting the Swahili coast. This littoral area encompasses Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique, as well as the adjacent islands of Zanzibar and Comoros along with some parts of Malawi and the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo. They speak Swahili as their native language, which belongs to the Bantu language family. Graham Connah described Swahili culture as at least partially urban, mercantile, and literate.[1]
Swahili culture is the product of the history of the coastal part of the African Great Lakes region. As with the Swahili language, Swahili culture has a Bantu core that has borrowed from foreign influences.
^Connah, Graham. African Civilizations : an archaeological perspective (Third ed.). New York. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-107-01187-8. OCLC 919041863.
Swahiliculture is the culture of the Swahili people inhabiting the Swahili coast. This littoral area encompasses Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique, as...
African Great Lakes. Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa. Swahiliculture, the culture of the Swahili people. Swahili coast, a littoral region...
Swahili, also known by its local name Kiswahili, is a Bantu language originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya...
describe the society, culture, and economy of the Swahili coast at various points in its history. The Swahili coast has a distinct culture, demography, religion...
Swahili Ajami script refers to the alphabet derived from Arabic script that is used for the writing of Swahili language. Ajami is a name commonly given...
The Swahili people (Swahili: WaSwahili, وَسوَحِيلِ) comprise mainly Bantu, Afro-Arab and Comorian ethnic groups inhabiting the Swahili coast, an area encompassing...
important center in eastern Africa. The island of Lamu is a Swahili settlement filled with culture. Prior to the birth of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, people...
Swahili World," in Southern Africa and the Swahili World (2002), 6. A. Lodhi (2000), Oriental influences in Swahili: a study in language and culture contacts...
Swahili architecture is a term used to designate a whole range of diverse building traditions practiced or once practiced along the eastern and southeastern...
Swahili language. It is an offshoot of the Bantu culture. The first literary works date back to the beginning of the 18th century, when all Swahili literature...
centuries, a series of Swahili port towns developed on that area, which contributed to the development of a distinct Swahiliculture and dialect. In the...
rectangle of woven cloth originating from Africa. Considered a part of Swahiliculture, the kikoi is mostly worn by the coastal men but now includes the Maasai...
A Swahili door or Zanzibari door (Swahili Mlango wa Kiswahili) is a door that was developed in the Swahili coast during the Middle Ages and peaked in the...
to the 19th century, reflects the diverse influences underlying the Swahiliculture, giving a unique mixture of Arab, Persian, Indian and European elements...
Uganda consider it their most important dress. Kanzu is a Ganda word of Swahili origin, which means "robe" or "tunic". In Tanzania, the term is used interchangeably...
protected coastal area south of Malindi. The area shows classic examples of Swahili architecture. The majority of Malindi's population is Muslim. Malindi is...
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of Perso-Arab and Bantu cultures is credited for creating a distinctive East African culture and language known today as Swahili (literally, 'coast-dwellers')...
sector. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Diani Beach. Historic Swahili Settlements Swahili architecture Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diani Beach...
Shirazi also known as Mbwera, are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting the Swahili coast and the nearby Indian ocean islands. They are particularly concentrated...
the Horn of Africa, helping to develop what would be known as the Swahiliculture. Despite myths to the contrary, Pate was neither an Arab nor Persian...
Africa began adopting the Swahili language and culture and founded settlements along the coast and islands. Below is a list of Swahili settlements founded between...
cohesion" Kenyan culture has evolved over time, in the course of Bantu and Nilotic immigrations, conduction of trade by the Swahili people and independence...
visitors off shore to watch bottlenose dolphins and swim with them. Historic Swahili Settlements "Kizimkazi Mosque". ArchNet. Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
the evolution of the Swahiliculture, which developed an Arabic-script literary tradition. Although a Bantu language, the Swahili language as a consequence...
the development of the mixed Arab, Persian and African Swahili City States. The Swahiliculture that emerged from these exchanges evinces many Arab and...
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