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Koma Island

Koma Island
Geography
Location	Mafia Channel
Coordinates	7°32′37″S 39°23′45″E / 7.54361°S 39.39583°E / -7.54361; 39.39583
Length	1.6 km (0.99 mi)
Width	1.4 km (0.87 mi)
Administration
Tanzania
Region	Pwani Region
District	Mkuranga District
Ward	Kisiju
Demographics
Languages	Swahili
Ethnic groups	Ndengereko & Rufiji

Koma Island also known as Charka Island (Kisiwa cha Koma, in Swahili) is an island located in Kisiju ward of Mkuranga District in southern Pwani Region of Tanzania. The only historical source to mention this island is by Arab navigator Ibn Majid in 1470. In 1996, Felix Chami discovered a small Early Iron Age (EIA) or Early Iron Working (EIW) site on Koma island. The TIW (triangular incised ware) pottery sherds, however, were absent in the island site, indicating that it was eventually abandoned. The Bantu settlement existed from the third to the sixth centuries.

References

1. "Koma Island history". Retrieved 21 October 2023.
2. Chami, Felix A. "The Early Iron Age on Mafia island and its relationship with the mainland." AZANIA: Journal of the British Institute in Eastern Africa 34.1 (1999): 1-10.
3. "Koma Island". Retrieved 21 October 2023.

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