The Rise and Fall of Swahili States

Pouwels, Randall L.; Kusimba, Chapurukha M.

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“…Recent research has shown that archaeology during colonial times tended to ignore the evidence of deep African roots, emphasizing foreign objects at medieval Swahili sites rather than providing a balanced picture of the archaeological record 2 . Imports at most coastal sites typically comprise less than 5% of total assemblages 2,9 . Other aspects of the material culture also show continuity with earlier settlements, including the persistence of crops, domesticated animals, craft styles and ceramics 9,19 .…”

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“…A major archaeological transition is evident during the eleventh century, with the establishment of new settlements and the elaboration of older ones with coral-built mosques and tombs, a set of changes generally understood as coinciding with the widespread adoption of Islam 10 . At this time, clearer distinctions also emerged between coastal ceramics and material traditions and those of inland assemblages 2,11 , even as many aspects of material culture remained deeply linked with inland African groups.…”

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Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast

Brielle

Fleisher

Wynne‐Jones

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Nature

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The urban peoples of the Swahili coast traded across eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean and were among the first practitioners of Islam among sub-Saharan people1,2. The extent to which these early interactions between Africans and non-Africans were accompanied by genetic exchange remains unknown. Here we report ancient DNA data for 80 individuals from 6 medieval and early modern (ad 1250–1800) coastal towns and an inland town after ad 1650. More than half of the DNA of many of the individuals from coastal towns originates from primarily female ancestors from Africa, with a large proportion—and occasionally more than half—of the DNA coming from Asian ancestors. The Asian ancestry includes components associated with Persia and India, with 80–90% of the Asian DNA originating from Persian men. Peoples of African and Asian origins began to mix by about ad 1000, coinciding with the large-scale adoption of Islam. Before about ad 1500, the Southwest Asian ancestry was mainly Persian-related, consistent with the narrative of the Kilwa Chronicle, the oldest history told by people of the Swahili coast3. After this time, the sources of DNA became increasingly Arabian, consistent with evidence of growing interactions with southern Arabia4. Subsequent interactions with Asian and African people further changed the ancestry of present-day people of the Swahili coast in relation to the medieval individuals whose DNA we sequenced.

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Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast

Brielle

Fleisher

Wynne‐Jones

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Nature

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“…Protecting the sites of "extractive industries and practices" 39 involves the maintenance of their "diversity, productivity, resilience, core functions, and intrinsic value". 40 Bueger and Edmunds explain maritime security as comprising four security domains. 41 This view is broadened by the blue economy because its scope includes "oceans, coasts, seas, rivers, lakes and groundwater, and associated resources".…”

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“…Somalia, an extremely poor, destabilised country with a population very depended on the fish supplies in its coastal waters, has taken centre stage in the piracy activities that have taken place in the Horn of Africa since the 1980s. Living in a country with 40 WWF, op. cit., 2015.…”

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Governing Africa’s Blue Economy: The Protection and Utilisation of the Continent’s Blue Spaces

Pretorius¹,

Henwood²

2019

Studia UBB Europaea

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In Agenda 2063 the African Union (AU) prioritised the utilisation of the resources in oceans as the new frontier of its blue economy. Africa's "inland waterways" were added to the scope of the blue economy in the 2050 AIM Strategy. Most of Africa's marine ecosystems and large water spaces are shared by different countries which requires the transcendence of national interests, the harmonisation of national and regional policies and multi stakeholder participation in strong institutions guided by a legal framework. The protection, securitisation and sustainable utilisation of blue spaces are key pillars for the governance of the blue economy. The first part focuses on the contribution of Africa's blue spaces to the development of the continent, the growing challenges to these spaces in the twenty-first century and UNCLOS' legal zoning of oceans to manage their protection and utilisation. The second part focuses on the governance of Africa's blue economy and the security challenges to Africa's oceans. The last part focuses on the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) and finds the Benguela Current Commission (BCC) to be legitimate, accountable and its * Rentia Pretorius, Lecturer in the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, holds an MA degree in Political Science and her research interests are Africa, environmental sustainability, global warming, diplomacy and the global economy.

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Cities and Towns in East Africa

Chami¹

Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures

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The Rise and Fall of Swahili States

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Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast

Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast

Governing Africa’s Blue Economy: The Protection and Utilisation of the Continent’s Blue Spaces

Cities and Towns in East Africa

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