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mwaiofhawaii haijui historia ya Kenya na East Africa kwa ujumla. I'm just dishing out straight facts. Kiswahili hakikuzaliwa Tanzania ila Tanzania ndio the current and only "Swahili Nation" par excellence. Mizizi ya Kiswahili inatokea Somalia. Kipindi hicho, wakulima wakibantu walisettle kwenye bonde ya mito ya Juba na Shabelle. Huo ustaarabu ndio unakumbukwa kama Shungwaya. Mji mkuu wake ulikwepo Somilia ya kusini kwenye maeneo ya kijiji cha Burgabo. Ila milki yake iliinclude maeneo ya modern-day kenya na Tanzania ikiwemo Somalia. According to oral traditions it seems like kuna vita ilitokea kati wabantu na watu wa asili ya kisomali, wabantu wakashidwa wakakimbia kwenda kusini zaidi kwa makundi. The most successful of these groups ikawa Wangozi. Na hisi hii group ilikuwa the merchant class in Shungwaya ambao walikuwa na ujuzi wa naval trade routes. Wakadominate sehemu za Pwani hadi Msumbiji. Pia kwasababu walikua exposed na mambo ya dunia, wakaja kuadopt Uislamu. Baada ya hio Shungwaya kuanguka, hakukuwa na political unity tena, bali city states zikatokea. Tunawaza kusema kwamba hii stage ya city states ndio the "Swahili Era". City state ya kwanza kudominate the region ilikua Kilwa. Hii ndio maana Watanzania tunasema Swahili ilioriginate in Kilwa maana Kilwa ilikua the first great Swahili city state. Baada ya hapo, Lamu ikadominate. Ilifuatwa na Mombasa, ikaja Zanzibar. Zanzibar ilikua the last of the the classical Swahili city states to dominate. Its successor is the Swahili NATION STATE of TANZANIA. This is why Tanzania is the only current Swahili Nation. Kenya is a nation where Swahili has a hustory and a presence, but it is not and has never claimed to be a Swahili nation. Sisi ndio the successors of Shungwaya, Kilwa, Lamu, Mombasa, and Zanzibar.
