HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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forest dweller
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nomad wanderer
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one who herds animals
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one who lives on the coast
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Detailed explanation-1: -noun. Swa·hi·li swä-ˈhē-lē plural Swahili or Swahilis. : a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Zanzibar and the adjacent coast of Africa. : a Bantu language that is a trade and governmental language over much of East Africa and in the Congo region.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Swahili Coast, an 1, 800-mile stretch of Kenyan and Tanzanian coastline, has been the site of cultural and commercial exchanges between East Africa and the outside world-particularly the Middle East, Asia, and Europe-since at least the 2nd century A.D.
Detailed explanation-3: -Swahili, from the Arabic word sawahil, meaning ‘of the coast. ‘
Detailed explanation-4: -The Swahili coast is a place of dazzling blue ocean and creamy white beaches. Sun drenched and generally in the 80s all year long, the shores of east Africa are a beach lover’s paradise. In times past this coast line was also a place of agriculture and much commerce with Saudi Arabia and India.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Swahili culture has a large Arab influence and the word ‘Swahili’ fittingly means ‘coast’ in Arabic. 7 With this region being a part of the Indian Ocean trade during the 8th century, Persian, Indian, and Chinese cultures had a significant influence on the Swahili people.