What a German explorer wrote about Comorian Scholar Ahmad bin Sumayt 2 years ago 2 Comments He was three years old, when Otto Kerstan, a German explorer met his father, the Aboubakar ben Abdullah ben Suméit, in 1864 at Itsandra Mdjini Read More »
Barawa and the Comoros 2 years ago No Comments Mwana Fatima Hadji Mbarawa was the grandmother of Mwana Fatima (photo) bint Said Abdallah ibn Said Bakar ibn Mwigni M’kou. The name “Mbarawa” on Read More »
Queen Djoumbe Fatima [1837-1878] from her arrival in Marseille in July 1868 2 years ago No Comments Djoumbe Fatima was the Queen of Mohéli in Comoros from the age of five until her death. Her reign started after the death of her Read More »
Mwana Zidakani – A tradition that is not just Comorian 2 years ago No Comments This is one of the few photos available of the Comorian woman in the late nineteenth century. Accepting to take pictures in 1898 by French Read More »