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Mkama Ndume Ruins (''Magofu ya mji wa kale wa Mkama Ndume'' 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 Swahili culture is the culture of ...
) was a medieval
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 Swahili culture is the culture of ...
settlement palace ruins located in
Chake Chake District Chake Chake District ( sw, Wilaya ya Chake Chake) is one of two administrative districts of Pemba South Region in Tanzania. The district covers an area of . The district is comparable in size to the land area of American Samoa. The district has a ...
of Pemba South Region that was abandoned in the 16th Century prior to Portuguese arrival and is known for its fortification. The site is located east of the town of
Chake-Chake Chake-Chake is a town located on the Tanzanian island of Pemba and capital of Chake Chake District. It is in the centre of a deep indentation in the west coast called Chake-Chake Bay. Chake-Chake is historically the capital of Pemba Island ...
. The settlement was ruled by a leader named Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman, who was known for his cruelty towards his subjects thus earned his infamous nickname Mkama Ndume meaning ''milker of men'' in old
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 Swahili culture is the culture of ...
. The settlement ruins bear this nickname.Connah, Graham. Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 29, no. 3/4, aney Publishing, Trustees of Boston University 2002, pp. 477–79, https://doi.org/10.2307/3250907.


See also

* Historic Swahili Settlements *
Swahili architecture Swahili architecture is a term used to designate a whole range of diverse building traditions practiced or once practiced along the eastern and southeastern coasts of Africa. Rather than simple derivatives of Islamic architecture from the Arabic ...
* National Historic Sites in Tanzania


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