Pangani is a historic coastal Swahili town situated at the mouth of the Pangani River, which
empties its waters into the Indian ocean. Archaeologists have traced the origins of this town …

Abstract Rødland, H. 2021. Swahili Social Landscapes. Material expressions of identity,
agency, and labour in Zanzibar, 1000–1400 CE. Studies in Global Archaeology 26. 321 pp …

The governments in Africa implement various development projects to improve livelihoods.
The projects are both large and small scale. Large-scale projects include construction of …

Tanzania's coastal region is part of the Swahili coast that stretches from Mogadishu in
Somalia to Sofala in Mozambique, a distance of 3,000 km (see figure 2.1). 1 The Tanzanian …

Natural disasters such as floods, tropical cyclone storms, tsunamis and earthquakes had
various kinds of effects on ancient societies around the world. In Eurasia and the Americas …

Both mainland and maritime based evidence show that from the first millennium CE,
Tanzania was connected to the Indian Ocean maritime trade networks and that for a period …

The settlement of Kua in the Mafia Archipelago, Tanzania, has considerable research
potential. It was surveyed in 2010 as part of a larger project to understand the maritime …

This paper examines the dilemmas, obligations and opportunities faced by heritage
professionals in elaborating cultural 'assets' among the breadwinning practices of …

This paper examines the dilemmas, obligations and opportunities faced by heritage
professionals in elaborating cultural 'assets' among the breadwinning practices of …

This book brings together perspectives on maritime and underwater cultural heritage
(MUCH) in selected Indian Ocean countries linked by the historic and Arabian maritime …