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Throughout the early middle ages, Kilwa remained a small settlement, laying in the shadow of the much greater city of Mogadishu.
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Hello everyone and welcome back to the History of Africa podcast, I'm your host Andy. In our last episode we examined a series of classical sources to see what glimpses of information we could find about the East African coast in antiquity. What we found was a history that was as intriguing as it was incomplete, attestation
of ancient maritime trade hubs including the famous metropolis of Rapta, which sadly remained largely enigmatic to this day. In today's episode we focus our attention to the early history of a specific small island off the coast of Tanzania, one which in the time we discuss is still just an obscure locale
but will one day blossom into the most important city in the region and the focus of our season. Let's explore the proto-history of Kilwa's earliest years. Season 6 Episode 4 Second Fiddle in East Africa You might have noticed that throughout the early episodes of the season I have
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