Pujini Ruins
The stairway to the rampart, Pujini ruins, Pemba South.
Pujini Ruins is located in Tanzania
Pujini Ruins
Shown within Tanzania
LocationChake Chake District,
Pemba South Region,
 Tanzania
Coordinates5°19′40.8″S 39°47′4.56″E / 5.328000°S 39.7846000°E / -5.328000; 39.7846000
TypeSettlement
History
MaterialCoral rag
Founded12-14th century CE
Abandoned17th century CE
CulturesSwahili
Site notes
OwnershipTanzanian Government
ManagementAntiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism [1]
Public accessyes
Architecture
Architectural stylesSwahili & Islamic
Official namePujini Ruins Historic Site
TypeCultural
inactive excavation

Pujini Ruins (Magofu ya mji wa kale wa Pujini in Swahili ) is a Medieval historic site next to the village of Pujini located in Chake Chake District of Pemba South Region.[2] There used to be a fortified palace at the site, only ruins of the walls remain. The palace is believed to have been of Mkame Mdume.[3][4] Its one of several National Historic Sites on the island of Pemba including Chambani and Ras Mkumbuu.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Antiquities Division". Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism Tanzania. Archived from the original on 2022-08-03. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. ^ Spear, Thomas (January 2000). "Swahili History and Society to 1900: A Classified Bibliography". History in Africa. 27: 339–373. doi:10.2307/3172120. JSTOR 3172120. S2CID 161594711.
  3. ^ LaViolette, Adria; Fleisher, Jeffrey (2009). "The Urban History of a Rural Place: Swahili Archaeology on Pemba Island, Tanzania, 700-1500 AD". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 42 (3): 433–455. JSTOR 40646777.
  4. ^ Ingrams, William Harold (1800). The chief's trumpet or sacred horn in East Africa. JSTOR 60230294. OCLC 656511131.