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Season 6 Episode 4: Second Fiddle In East Africa

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Andy reveals how a small Tanzanian island will transform into East Africa's most important city.

This episode explores the early history of Kiloa, a small island off Tanzania, tracing its transformation from obscurity to regional importance, while examining the Bantu expansion's impact and the emergence of Swahili culture through archaeological evidence like pottery sherds.

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