US study unearths Persian origins of Swahili people - study
Today, millions of east Africans living on the coast identify as Swahili although this identity is often secondary to other local identity markers.
The site of tombs along the Swahili Coast in East Africa where University of South Florida anthropologist Chapurukha Kusimba and colleagues opened graves to study ancient DNA.(photo credit: CHAPURUKHA KUSIMBA, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA)ByMAYA ZANGER-NADISUpdated:
