De ruines van de havensteden Kilwa Kisiwani en Songo Mnara liggen op twee kleine eilanden net buiten de Tanzaniaanse kust. De overblijfselen van Kilwa Kisiwani zijn de Grote Moskee, het paleis Husuni ...

“When you cross the beaches and the channel to Kilwa Kisiwani you see millions of pieces of pottery. Then when you get to the island itself, you actually see the wonders of civilization.

Spectacular ruins cluster on the island of Kilwa Kisiwani, more than a mile from the coast of modern-day Tanzania. The remnants of a palace and a great mosque, built partly of coral stone ...

Like most other men on the tiny southern Tanzanian island of Kilwa Kisiwani, Ahmed Timami spends his days fishing. He sets out at sunrise in his wooden dhow with its patchwork sail and returns in ...

Still spoken in East Africa, Swahili is the only language of African origin among the official languages of the African Union These sherds of imported ceramics found at Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania ...

Dar es Salaam — The US embassy has granted over Sh1.1 billion to save the Kilwa Kisiwani historical site which was in danger of being deregistered from the list of World Heritage Sites due to ...

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“When you cross the beaches and the channel to Kilwa Kisiwani you see millions of pieces of pottery. Then when you get to the island itself, you actually see the wonders of civilization.

These ceramic bits - in a variety of glazes and decorations - were found on the island of Kilwa Kisiwani off Tanzania. Neil uses the fragments to tell the story of a string of thriving communities ...

Photo taken on Dec. 1, 2013 shows a relic site on the island of Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania. Located on two islands close to each other just off the Tanzanian coast about 300km south of Dar es Salaam ...