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it settled by the bantu-speaking swahili around the 10th century, mostly eclipsed by the larger cities of kilwa and mombasa, its construction styles represent the final stage in the evolution of swahili architecture

18th cent. swahili house museum
beachfront, old town

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Everyone say hello to Zabi! (for the third time thanks to Twitter being silly) Thanks to our winner for the suggestion of Zabibu (Swahili for grape)! Very fitting!

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Custom Lion King Character Design Commission for @/loch_ness_monster on Instagram!! 🦁 Maliki means ‘King’ in Swahili!

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Third cub of Rani and Kion. Her parents was really afraid because her birth was very hard and nobody was sure if she can survive because she was so small and seemed unhealthy. But she made it. Due to her villing to live Rani named her as Maisha which means "life" in swahili.

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No one:
Me: HEY I'M GONNA MAKE A LION KING OC

ahem anyways
His name's Kutazama (Swahili for "gaze") and he's a mix of a striped and spotted hyena
He lives with a jackal friend (partners kinda??) and doesn't bother with other hyenas

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Nyoka- Tint Sketch- Demon Concept 

I wanted to create a monster representation of Prompto’s anxiety and then this happened. Kind of a Daemon summon of some kind.
I’m so original I named it snake in Swahili...

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Africa's most spoken indigenous language, Kiswahili, to be taught in South Africa schools as part of basic curriculum. Kiswahli originated in East Africa and Kenya's education minister signs MoU with SA's education minister to assist with lesson formation. https://t.co/0kYC96inI1

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The “Mkono” Uroborous creature’s name comes from the Swahili for “arm”. 

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Designed myself a Manokit <3

~ Bahari is Swahili and means Sea ~

Thank you dor the nice Base!!

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My TDP oc: Kamaria ( Name meaning: Beauty of the moon or moonlight in Swahili), she is a moonshadow x startouch Elf hybrid.

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Swahili Speakers Debate Disney's Trademark of 'Hakuna Matata' For T-Shirts https://t.co/HNNyyJW2HA

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UHURA
from the Swahili word uhuru, meaning "freedom"
Played by living legend Nichelle Nichols from 1966 to 1991. Post history

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Of all the OC's I've created, this one is my favourite. Her name is "Tamu", a pink furry tigress.

Her name comes from the swahili language and it means "Sweet".

Made in Paint Tool Sai. ❤️

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My 16 card is inspired by two fairytales, one is a tale the other is a

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1940 Swahili edn of Alice in Wonderland - the 1st complete African translation and the 1st to depict Alice as black https://t.co/CfcVl0T3Bi

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African Kali themed skin~ Kifo Leopard. (google says Kifo means death in Swahili) Death Leopard. heh.

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Ear-plugs of spirally-rolled paper worn by Swahili women, collected 1930s https://t.co/x2FJUg0xXD

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Flash quote from "Baridi" Swahili for "Cold!"

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