Season 6 Episode 17: The (Brief) Portuguese Conquest of Kilwa
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Season 6 Episode 17: The (Brief) Portuguese Conquest of Kilwa

B2Upper-intermediateJuly 21, 202523 min
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The Portuguese have conquered Kilwa. Let's see how much pain their victory causes them in the long run.

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The struggling island found itself being relegated to a tribute area subject to the Portuguese

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And then after the Sultan was reluctant to pay up, the island was brutally sacked by Portuguese

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Hello everyone and welcome back to the history of Africa podcast. In our last episode, a group of new arrivals came to Kiyoa and fundamentally transformed the city's history. The struggling island found itself being relegated to a tribute area subject to the Portuguese

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Empire. And then after the Sultan was reluctant to pay up, the island was brutally sacked by Portuguese soldiers. By the end of 1505, much of the city lay in ruin, now under the rule of Portuguese puppet

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at Sultan. Traditional narratives of Kyo-Waz history terminate here. The Kyo-Waz Kyo-Waz Kyo-Waz is gone and it's never going to be anywhere near and safe exit.

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