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Kenya Old Postcard 3 Swahili Girls Native Children Costumes, British East Africa

Publisher: J.B. Coutinho, Photographer, Zanzibar
Background: The Swahili people are a Bantu ethnic group and culture found in East Africa. They mainly reside on the Swahili Coast, in an area encompassing Zanzibar, coastal Kenya, Tanzania and north Mozambique. The name Swahili is derived from the Arabic word Sawahil, meaning "coastal dwellers", and they speak the Swahili language.

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