Chole Island Ruins (''Magofu ya kale ya Kisiwa cha Chole'' in
Swahili
Swahili may refer to:
* Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes
* Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa
* Swahili culture
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) is a national historic site located on
Chole Island of Jibondo ward in
Mafia District of
Pwani Region in
Tanzania. The ruined mosques are from the 14th century, whereas other remains that have survived are often considerably more recent, from the 18th century. Even though the remains are in disrepair and are difficult to navigate, the largest standing ruin is a massive double-story building with stone staircases and a labyrinth of anterooms.
[Christie, Annalisa C. "Exploring the social context of maritime exploitation in Tanzania between the 14th-18th c. AD: recent research from the Mafia Archipelago." Prehistoric marine resource use in the Indo-Pacific regions (2013): 97-122.]
References
Pwani Region
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