Season 6 Episode 7: Kilwa is Conquered
History of Africa

Season 6 Episode 7: Kilwa is Conquered

B2Upper-intermediateDecember 2, 202423 min

In today's episode, a mysterious conqueror from the mainland captures the island of Kilwa. In this episode, we examine the story of the matata mandalin, and the mysterious kingdom of Xanga, a mysterious great power that brought the nascent kingdom of Kilwa to its knees.

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Hello everyone and welcome back to the History of Africa podcast, I'm your host, Andy. Last episode we examined the rise of Kielwa into a major hub of manufacturing such as iron making and lime making, as well as a major center of international trade and its first steps from being a small city-state towards becoming a regional power with the

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domination of Mafia Island to its north. However, while the island was seemingly on an upward trajectory towards becoming a powerful state's economic and political capital, it would not be a clean and easy road ahead. In this episode, Kilwa's first major rival rears its head and asserts its power, plunging

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Kilwa Kisewani into an era of unwanted submission. Season 6 Episode 7, Kilwa is Conquered By the end of Ali ibn Hassan's rule, Kielwa was a rising regional entity, a growing hub of international trade, and even a power which had proven capable of exerting its influence

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