During this time, the gold trade in the region came under its control. Why was Kilwa the wealthiest and most powerful East African city state? Kilwa was the richest and most powerful city state for a ...

The remains of two great East African ports admired by early European explorers are situated on two small islands near the coast. From the 13th to the 16th century, the merchants of Kilwa dealt in ...

Taken from East African Coast, edited by G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville. By the 14th century Kilwa was the most powerful kingdom along the coast - situated on an island some 200 miles South of Dar Es ...

James Prior, surgeon on the frigate Nisus, visiting Kilwa as part of a hydrographical survey of the western Indian Ocean. All excerpts from East African Coast, Selected Documents. The Portuguese ...

Taken from East African Coast, edited by G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville. By the 14th century Kilwa was the most powerful kingdom along the coast - situated on an island some 200 miles South of Dar Es ...

The East Coast of Africa was a complicated patchwork of power ... Morice became a dear and honoured friend of the Sultan of Kilwa who gave him land and exclusive buying rights in the slave trade.