The coast of East Africa stretches 4,600km from southern Somalia to the Natal shores of South Africa. The East Africa coast supports rich wildlife populations of which 60-70% are found only in the Indo-Pacific and 15% are found nowhere else in the world.
The tropical coast of East Africa stretches from Somalia in the north, through Kenya and Tanzania, to Mozambique in the south, and the offshore islands of the Indian Ocean, the queen of them all, Zanzibar. The people of the coast, the Swahili, have experienced a rich and tumultuous history, colored by political intrigue, international commerce, warfare, invasion, scandal, and terrorism.
By Jared Hakimian