A sometimes partner, sometimes competitor of old Zanzibar, this island city-state well south of Zanzibar built the largest ancient mosque south of the Sahara. The extensive mosque-ruins on Zanzibar's Tumbatu Island may have been a precursor of this beautiful type of design.
Wakati mwingine mwenzi, wakati mwingine mshindani wa mji wa zamani wa Zanzibar, hiki kisiwa chenye hadhi ya jiji kusini ya Zanzibar kilijenga msikiti mkubwa sana wa kale kusini ya mwa jangwa la Sahara. Mabaki mengi zaidi ya msikiti yaliyopo katika kisiwa cha Tumbatu cha Zanzibar huenda yalikuwa mojawapo ya aina hii ya ubunifu wa kupendeza.