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Kilwa

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Coastal Bantu beauty and splendor in pictures.

nice nice nice

I love Africa n it's ppo

The coast and her people are just beautiful.

Those sweet kids in kilwa are re-enacting a swahili marriage ceremony right?

Where is Mayotte??

muafrika:
The coast and her people are just beautiful.

Those sweet kids in kilwa are re-enacting a swahili marriage ceremony right?

Where is Mayotte??

Indeed they are.Yes,that is a Swahili ceremony.Mayotte is an island off the coast of Mozambique.

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Comorian Wedding

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Great Mosque of Kilwa





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16th century Portuguese Map of Mombasa and Kilwa

Both settlements were eventually destroyed.

Lamu

Found others from lamu, kenya

Nice, keep them coming.

Moroni - Comoros


Minaret mosquée de vendredi (Badjanani) by Comoriano M, on Flickr


Mosqué de Badjanani by Comoriano M, on Flickr

Lovely thread, East Africa has a unique charm. I will see Nairobi and Mombasa coming summer but I really look forward to the day I visit Zanzibar, there is something special about Tanzania.

Yareey:
Lovely thread, East Africa has a unique charm. I will see Nairobi and Mombasa coming summer but I really look forward to the day I visit Zanzibar, there is something special about Tanzania.

Indeed, and this is coming from a Kenyan.Very beautiful and interesting country not to mention the striking similarities with Kenya.