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Tanzania / Zanzibar: Swahili woman posing in kanga wrap-around dress, late 19th-early 20th century

Tanzania / Zanzibar: Swahili woman posing in kanga wrap-around dress, late 19th-early 20th century

The Swahili people are a Bantu ethnic group and culture found on the coast of East Africa. The Swahili people mainly reside on the Swahili Coast, in an area encompassing Zanzibar archipelago, coastal Kenya, the Tanzanian coast and northern Mozambique. The name Swahili is derived from the Arabic word Sawahil, meaning 'coastal', and they speak the Swahili language.

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