East African Mythology: Spirits, Sacred Lands and Ancient Traditions

East Africa is one of the most mythologically rich and least documented regions on the continent. Stretching from Ethiopia and Somalia in the north through Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania to the Swahili Coast and the island civilisations of Zanzibar and Comoros, this region encompasses dozens of distinct peoples, languages, and cosmological traditions, each with its own understanding of creation, the divine, and the relationship between human beings and the natural world.