In a study published today in the journal Nature, scientists show that people living more than 800 years ago on the Swahili coast had an intertwined African and Asian ancestry. This suggests a ...

Next, we head for Mombasa, Kenya's second city, aboard a dhow – a traditional sailing boat from the Swahili coast. It was here, in East Africa's largest port, that enslaved people transported by ...

Along 2,000 miles of the East African coast, the sophisticated trading centers of the medieval Swahili reveal their origins and influences Excavations at the medieval Swahili town of Songo Mnara ...

This Swahili-style biriyani reflects the influences of Arab traders who settled along the Swahili coast, resulting in a host of dishes with slightly different preparations and flavors from their ...

Some of the choices are not terribly surprising. Climate change threatens Africa’s Swahili Coast and 66 historic lighthouses on the coast of Maine. A natural disaster befell the historic city of ...

Swahili Coast, located in the Hallway Shops on North Front Street, works directly with a worker-owned cooperative in Tanzania. The store sells handcrafted goods made in East Africa and shipped to ...

Dotting East Africa’s Swahili coast, Zanzibar, Lamu and Mombasa are synonymous with pristine waters and white sandy beaches. But many tourists are unaware that these UNESCO World Heritage Sites ...