Sanje ya Kati Ruins
Kisiwa cha kale cha Sanje ya Kati (Swahili)
Sanje ya Kati is located in Tanzania
Sanje ya Kati
Shown within Tanzania
Location Tanzania
RegionLindi Region
Coordinates9°3′14″S 39°32′1″E / 9.05389°S 39.53361°E / -9.05389; 39.53361
TypeMedieval Settlement
Part ofSwahili Culture
History
BuilderSwahili people
MaterialCoral rag
Founded10th century AD
Abandonedunknown
CulturesSwahili
Site notes
Excavation datesnone
OwnershipTanzanian Government
Public accessYes
Official nameSanje ya Kati National Historic Site
TypeCultural

Sanje ya Kati (Swahili Kisiwa cha kale cha Sanje ya Kati) is protected, uninhabited historic site located on Sanje ya Kati Island in Pande Mikoma ward in Kilwa District in Lindi Region of Tanzania's Indian Ocean coast. The site is home to medieval Swahili ruins that have yet to be fully excavated.[1][2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Allen, James De Vere (1974). "Swahili Architecture in the Later Middle Ages". African Arts. 7 (2): 42–84. doi:10.2307/3334723. JSTOR 3334723.
  2. ^ Pradines, Stéphane (April 2009). "L'île de Sanjé ya Kati (Kilwa, Tanzanie): un mythe Shirâzi bien réel". Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. 44 (1): 49–73. doi:10.1080/00671990902795814. S2CID 162360170.
  3. ^ Zhao, Bing (2012). "Global Trade and Swahili Cosmopolitan Material Culture: Chinese-Style Ceramic Shards from Sanje ya Kati and Songo Mnara (Kilwa, Tanzania)". Journal of World History. 23 (1): 41–85. doi:10.1353/jwh.2012.0018. JSTOR 41508051. S2CID 144646037.
  4. ^ Strong, S. Arthur (1895). "The History of Kilwa". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland: 385–430. JSTOR 25197263.
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