Angoche Island is a small continental island in the district of same name, Mozambique. Being a coastal island its main source of income was the illegal shipment of slaves, which allowed it to field a small army. It was not taken by the Portuguese until 1858. The port's ruler, the self-declared Sultan Mussa Quanto, escaped into the interior. The small island is subject to cyclones, Cyclone Huda in particular, and so permanent habitation has not been possible.
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AngocheIsland is situated near the town of Angoche in Nampula Province, northern Mozambique
Being a coastal island its main source of income was the illegal shipment of slaves, which allowed for the enrichment of the aristocratic classes of the Nyapakho clan.
Angoche is the larger producer of cashew and shrimps in Mozambique.
Ekoti is spoken on Koti Island and is also the major language of Angoche, the capital of the district with the same name in the province of Nampula.
This Swahili influence is usually attributed to traders from Kilwa or somewhere else on the Zanzibar Coast, who in the fifteenth century settled at Angoche.
Angoche was probably established in the fifteenth century by dissidents from Kilwa.
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