The language spoken by the inhabitants of Barawa, known as Chimini, has long been a subject of debate in linguistic studies. Some western linguistic scholars, such as Möhlig (1995) and Nurse and Hinnebusch (1993), have classified it as a dialect…
Written by Zakaria al Showki It is one of the most famous monumental buildings in Banadir and undoubtedly one of the most beautiful in the city of Barawa. It was built by the wealthy Indian trader Tharia Topan of Zanzibar,…
Written By Abdi Mohamud Swahili Coastal region of East Africa starts from Mogadishu in southern Somalia to its northern end to Kilwa in the south of Tanzania, the Bay of Sofala in present-day Mozambique, the further, the northern tip of…
The Omani Sultanate in Zanzibar were known to be the pinnacle players in the success of the Swahili coast of East Africa, from defeating Portugal in naval warfare and monopolising trade in the Indian Ocean, to giving jurisdictions to independent…
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