Mutsamudu
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Mutsamudu is the second-largest city in the Comoros. It is also the capital and largest city on the island of Anjouan as well the former home of former Comorian president Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi.
October 2009 view of Mutsamudu and its port
Citadel of Mutsamudu
Islamic Tomb, next to the Friday Mosque
Stone stairway, Mutsamudu
Swahili people
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The Swahili people comprise mainly Bantu, Afro-Arab, and Comorian ethnic groups inhabiting the Swahili coast, an area encompassing the East African coast across southern Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, and
Mutsamudu
…narrow streets with many shops and small crafts. The population in 2021 stood at 23,594. Mutsamudu was likely founded in 1482. It grew into a prosperous Swahili port, funneling traffic between the Swahili ports of Mozambique and Madagascar. Later Arab, Persian, Indian, Somali, and Malagasy sailors and traders…
Swahili women in gala dress, late 1800s
Swahili Arabic script on a one-pysar coin from Zanzibar, c. 1299 AH (1882 CE)
Swahili Arabic script on a carved wooden doorway at Lamu in Kenya
Swahili Arabic script on wooden door in Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya