Tanzania / Zanzibar: Portrait of a Zanzibari Indian woman, 'Purboo Race', late 19th century. Purboo is probably Prahbu Brahmin Hindu from Mumbai

The Swahili people are a Bantu ethnic group and culture found on the coast of East Africa. The Swahili people mainly reside on the Swahili Coast, in an area encompassing Zanzibar archipelago, coastal Kenya, the Tanzanian coast and northern Mozambique. The name Swahili is derived from the Arabic word Sawahil, meaning 'coastal', and they speak the Swahili language.

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