Who are the Swahili? | Hiistoriya

A look into the identity of the Swahili people native to the East African Coast. The Swahili are a Bantu community that is native to the East African coast. They were the western Indian Ocean's middlemen in the intercontinental trade that linked Africa to Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Bibliography -Allen, J. De V. Swahili origins: Swahili culture & the Shungwaya phenomenon, J. Currey, 1993 -Chiraghdin, Shihabuddin. “Kiswahili na Wenyewe” Kiswahili 44.1 (1974): 48-53 -Kindy Hyder. Life and Politics of Mombasa. Nairobi. English Press,1972 -Lodhi, Abdulaziz, Y. “Language and Cultural Unity in Tanzania,” Kiswahili (1974) 44/2:10-13 -Mazrui, Alamin M, and Ibrahim N. Shariff. The Swahili: Idiom and Identity of an African People. Trenton, N.J: Africa World Press, 1994. -Nurse, Derek and Spear, Thomas. The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800-1500. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985 Senkoro, F.E.M.K. “Tenzi za Kiswahili,” Umma 6.2 (1976): 116 31 -Sharrif, Ibrahim Noor. Knappert’s Tales. Kiswahili 41.2 (1971): 47-55 -Sheriff, Abdul, Slaves, Spices and Ivory in Zanzibar. London: James Currey, 1987. -Stingand, Captain C.H. The Land of Zinj, London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd., 1913. -The Encyclopedia Britannica. XXXVI, Cambridge University Press,1911 -Whiteley, W. Swahili: The Rise of a National Language. London: Methuen and Co., 1969 Hiistoriya Elsewhere Website: hiistoriya.com Twitter: twitter.com/hiistoriya Instagram: instagram.com/hiistoriya Facebook: facebook.com/hiistoriya