Kilwa Kisiwani was once the most famous trading post in East Africa. Abdulaziizi K. Tumusiime found out what could still be standing in the glorious place on the Tanzanian Coast.

Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara were Swahili trading cities and their prosperity was based on control of Indian Ocean trade with Arabia, India and China, particularly between the 13th and 16th ...

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, are ...

As you get the boat across the channel to Kilwa Kisiwani island, the oldest standing mosque on the East African coast comes into view. The ruins of the Great Mosque are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Geophysical survey at Kilwa Kisiwani, southern Tanzania, has recovered evidence for several aspects of town layout and the use of space within the town that enhance our understandings of this ...

Ema Baužytė, Gry Barfod, Stephanie Wynne-Jones, Innovation, Tradition, and Metals at Kilwa Kisiwani, The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 54, No. 1, Special Issue: ...

2023 45COM 7B.134 - Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (United Republic of Tanzania) (C 144) 2021 44COM 7B.11 - Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (United Republic of ...

As you get the boat across the channel to Kilwa Kisiwani island, the oldest standing mosque on the East African coast comes into view. The ruins of the Great Mosque are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara provide exceptional architectural, archaeological and documentary evidence for the growth of Swahili culture and commerce along the East African coast from the 9th ...