Kingdom of Mutapa
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The Kingdom of Mutapa – sometimes referred to as the Mutapa Empire, Mwenemutapa, – was an African kingdom in Zimbabwe, which expanded to what is now modern-day Mozambique.
Monomotapa as featured in Jeu de la Géographie (1644)
Baptism of king Siti of Mutapa by workshop of Tomasz Muszyński, 1683, Dominican Monastery in Lublin. The baptism of Siti Kazurukamusapa was celebrated by João de Mello on 4 August 1652, the feast day of St Dominic.
Image: Caffers of Congo and Monomotapa
Mozambique
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Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the southwest. The sovereign state is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte and Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital and largest city is Maputo.
Mozambican dhow
Arab-Swahili slave traders and their captives on the Ruvuma River
Detail of the Island of Mozambique, former capital in Northern Mozambique and prominent in the country's history
Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Baluarte