Mozambique
I-Mozambiki, ngokusemthethweni ibizwa ngokuthi yi-Republic of Mozambique, yinarha etholakala ngeSewulapumalanga ye-Afrika enomngcele weLwandle le-India ngepumalanga, i-Tanzania ngetlhagwini, i-Malawi ne-Zambia ngetlhagwini-Tjingalanga, i-Zimbabwe ngeTjingalanga, kanye ne-Eswatini neSewula Afrika ngeSewula-Tjingalanga. Umbuso ozijameleko uhlukaniswe ne-Comoros, i-Mayotte kanye ne-Madagascar yi-Mozambique Channel ngepumalanga. Ikomkhulu nedorobha elikhulu kunazo zoke yi-Maputo.[1][2]
Hlangana nekhulu leminyaka lesi-7 ukuya kweli-11, kwakhiwa amadorobha amanengi wamatheku we-Swahili endaweni leyo, okwaba nomthelela ekuthuthukisweni kwesiko nelimi le-Swahili elihlukileko. Ekupheleni kwesikhathi se-medieval, amadorobha la bekavame ukuvakatjhelwa barhwebi abavela e-Somalia, e-Ethiopia, e-Egypt, e-Arabia, e-Persia, ne-India. Ikhambo laka-Vasco da Gama ngo-1498 laphawula ukufika kwamaPutukezi, athoma ikambiso kancanikancani yokubusa nokuhlala ngo-1505. Ngemva kwamakhulu amane weminyaka yokubusa kwamaPutukezi, i-Mozambique yathola ikululeko ngo-1975, yaba yi-People's Republic of Mozambique msinyana ngemva kwalokho. Ngemva kweminyaka emibili kwaphela yokuzibusa, inarha le yangena epini yombango eyathatha isikhathi eside kusukela ngo-1977 ukuya ku-1992. Ngo-1994, i-Mozambique yenza amakhetho wayo wokuthoma weenhlangano ezinengi begodu solo ihlala iyiriphabliki yomengameli ezinzileko, nanyana isaqalene nobujamo obuphasi ukuvukela umbuso ngokuhlukileko eendaweni ezikude khulu ukusuka enhlokodolobha yesewula begodu lapho ubuSulumane bubusa khona.[3]