Sanje ya Kati
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]
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| Location |  Tanzania |
|---|---|
| Region | Lindi Region |
| Coordinates | |
| Type | Medieval Settlement |
| Part of | Swahili Culture |
| History | |
| Builder | Swahili people |
| Material | Coral rag |
| Founded | 10th century AD |
| Abandoned | unknown |
| Cultures | Swahili |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | none |
| Ownership | Tanzanian Government |
| Public access | Yes |
References
- James De Vere Allen (1974). "Swahili Architecture in the Later Middle Ages". African Arts. UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center. 7, no. 2: 42–84. doi:10.2307/3334723.
- Pradines, Stephane. (2009). The island of Sanje ya Kati (Kilwa, Tanzania): a very real Shirazi myth. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 44. 49-73.
- ZHAO, BING. “Global Trade and Swahili Cosmopolitan Material Culture: Chinese-Style Ceramic Shards from Sanje Ya Kati and Songo Mnara (Kilwa, Tanzania).” Journal of World History, vol. 23, no. 1, University of Hawai’i Press, 2012, pp. 41–85, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41508051.
- Strong, S. Arthur. “The History of Kilwa.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1895, pp. 385–430, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25197263.
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