HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Islamic culture
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Arab control of trade routes
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the growing power of Songhay
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a mixed cultural heritage
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is the mixture of Perso-Arab and Bantu cultures in Kilwa that is credited for creating Swahili as a distinctive East African culture and language. The diverse history of the Swahili Coast has also resulted in multicultural influences on Swahili arts, including furniture and architecture.
Detailed explanation-2: -With African, Arabian, and southeast Asian influences, Swahili culture became a blended culture as, for example, the Swahili language incorporated loan words from Arabic and Hindi. One of the quintisessential features of the Swahili city-states from 1000 to 1500 CE was their urban style.
Detailed explanation-3: -Swahili Today Today, Swahili is the lingua franca of East Africa. The Swahili language is part of the Bantu language family (the group of languages spoken in much of central and southern Africa) but has had considerable Arabic influences.
Detailed explanation-4: -Swahili coast cultures are diverse African cultures, made up of a confluence of peoples. They are traders and farmers, cattle keepers, & fisher people who have moved and interacted across land and sea for centuries (see chronology table below), and importantly, before the rise of Islam in the late 8th century.