"Mrima or Mrima Coast is the traditional name for the part of the East African coast facing Zanzibar. The inhabitants were often called "Wamrima" or Mrima ...
people even though they could belong to different tribes and language groups.
The sources give different definitions about the borders of the coastal stretch. Generally the Mrima comprised only of a coastal strip of a width of 2 days travel, i.e. about 20 miles or 30 km.
Ludwig Krapf, who collected his information at Mombasa between 1844-1852, wrote that the Wamrima began on the northern side with the Vumba people, the speakers of the Kivumba dialect of Swahili, who lived in the area of Shimoni, opposite Wasini Island, continued southwards until the Usambara Hills and "the land of Mrima"." - (en.wikipedia.org 05.02.2020)
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