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Sunday, November 10, 2024

S6E6: Lime, Iron, and Salt

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  This large furnace, used by the Fipa people in mainland Tanzania, resembles what those of Kilwa looked like during their own time Our newe...
Sunday, October 20, 2024

S6E5: Make Way for Prince Ali, the Mysterious Kilwa Chronicles

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Decades da Asia - a historical compilation that includes the Portuguese translation of the Kilwa Chronicle (Yes, I have now made two referen...
Sunday, October 6, 2024

S6E4: Second Fiddle in East Africa

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Shangaani District of Mogadishu, an area still featuring many of the city's medieval structures While Kilwa would one day become the mos...
Monday, September 23, 2024

S6E3: Lost Cities of Azania

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 Today's episode focuses on the lost cities of Azania, a name of unclear etymology used for the region of East Africa stretching for th...
Sunday, September 8, 2024

S6E2: The World's Oldest Trade Route?

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Wavy Line Pottery Sherds (D. Wright) The early history of Tanzania and Kenya is defined by its environment. During the "aqualithic peri...
Sunday, August 18, 2024

Season 6 Episode 1: The Swahili Coast

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The Swahili Language (properly KiSwahili) has become synonymous with Africa writ large, a symbol of anti-imperialism, and far and away the ...
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Season 5 Episode 3: Trans-Saharan Trade in the Garamantian Age

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A piece of Roman jewelry embedded with carbuncle, one of the key goods traded in Germa. Horses, carbuncles, gold, salt, and more. What do al...
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