Or must we look even further back, to five or six thousand years ago when indigenous Africans crossed the great Rift valley and first occupied the islands of East Africa? Was it they who truly created the Swahili Coast by conquering the reefs and tides of the Azanian sea? Was it they who cultivated a civilization of Island City States from Lamu to Lindi, an archipelago of Stone Towns spanning almost a thousand kilometers?
Ni wao kweli walioanzisha ustaarabu wa Madola ya mji ya visiwa kutoka lamu hadi Lindi? Je, ni kweli kuwa visiwa hivi vya mji mkongwe vina mawanda ya takribani kilomita 1000?