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Gedi, The Ancient City of Malindi

A Magnificent Walled City on The Coast of Kenya

By Samuel Phillips

y family and I Much like many of the (outer and inner) as high as
went on a tour ancient monuments nine feet, a unique water
Mof the ancient scattered across various system that sustained its
city of Gedi in Malindi, on regions of Africa, inhabitants, a functional

the coast of Kenya. We had Gedi, even in its ruined sewage system, several
heard many stories about state, stands as a strong stone mosques, a palace
Gedi, the Swahili culture that reminder that challenges for the ruling Sultan, an
was the foundation of the the misconception that office within the palace for

city, and the massive stone Africans knew nothing governance, a library, a
architecture and walls that about civilization before the court or Baraza for decision-
gave the city its appeal. arrival of the Europeans. making, a thriving economy
This city, with its two walls that traded with foreigners

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