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The spatial dichotomy of Swahili towns : the case of Zanzibar in the nineteenth century

Author:: Sheriff, Abdul Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Tanzania; Zanzibar; Zanzibar (Zanzibar)

Date:: 2002

Topic:: Architecture, Swahili Search this; Dwellings Search this; Swahili coastal towns Search this; Commerce Search this; History Search this

Call number:: DT365 .A992

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_897970

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The collapse of coastal city-states of East Africa

Author:: Kusimba, Chapurukha Makokha Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Indian Coast (East Africa)

Date:: 2007

Topic:: History Search this; Commerce--History Search this; Archaeology Search this; Commerce Search this

Call number:: DT473 .A73 2007

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_905787

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Takwa : an ancient Swahili settlement of the Lamu Archipelago / Thomas H. Wilson

Author:: Wilson, Thomas H Search this; Kenya Museum Society Search this

Physical description:: 12 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Kenya; Takwa Site; Takwa (Kenya) Site

Date:: 1978; 1990; [between 1978 and 1990]

Topic:: Excavations (Archaeology) Search this; Antiquities Search this; Ethnology Search this

Call number:: DT434.M27 W753; DT434.M27W753

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_385988

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Swahili architecture in the later Middle Ages / James de Vere Allen

Author:: Allen, J. de V Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Kenya

Date:: 1974

Topic:: Architecture, Swahili Search this; Mbaraki Pillar Search this; Coastal towns Search this; Swahili tombs Search this; Swahili mosques Search this; Pillar tombs Search this; Swahili niches Search this

Call number:: N1 .A258

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_750790

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Kanga : popular cloths with messages

Author:: Linnebuhr, Elisabeth Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Africa, East

Date:: 1997; 1992

Topic:: Kangas Search this; Textile fabrics, Swahili Search this; Textile fabrics Search this; Swahili women's dress Search this; Clothing Search this; Inscriptions, Swahili Search this

Call number:: PL8010 .R43 1997X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_749742

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Archaeological survey and excavations in northern Pemba Island, Tanzania 1999-2000

Author:: Fleisher, Jeffrey B Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Tanzania; Pemba Island; Pemba Island (Tanzania)

Date:: 2001

Topic:: Archaeology Search this; History Search this

Call number:: DT13 .N9X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_750749

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Swahili culture and art between Africa and the Indian Ocean

Author:: Sheriff, Abdul Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Africa, East

Date:: 2008

Topic:: Architecture, Swahili Search this; Dwellings Search this; Swahili furniture Search this; Decoration and ornament, Architectural Search this; Swahili carved wood doors Search this; Material culture Search this; Swahili wood chests Search this

Call number:: N7397 .A47 2008

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_900505

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Women in Taarab : the performing art in East Africa / Mohamed El-Mohammady Rizk

Author:: Rizk, Mohamed El-Mohammady 1966- Search this

Physical description:: 198 p. ; 21 cm

Type:: Texts

Place:: Tanzania; Zanzibar

Date:: 2007

Topic:: Swahili-speaking peoples--Music--History and criticism Search this; Taarab (Music)--History and criticism Search this; Taarab (Music) Search this; Popular music--History and criticism Search this; Taarab (Music)--Social aspects Search this; Sex role Search this; Religion Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_904856

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Music and instruments.

Author:: Knappert, Jan Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Indian Coast (Africa)

Date:: 2005

Topic:: Music Search this; Swahili musical instruments Search this; Musical instruments Search this

Call number:: DT429.5.S94 K63 2005

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_905836

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Societal structure

Author:: Knappert, Jan Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Indian Coast (Africa)

Date:: 2005

Topic:: Muslims Search this; Marriage customs and rites Search this; Social life and customs Search this; Funeral customs and rites Search this; Swahili rites of passage Search this; Women, Swahili Search this; Names, Swahili Search this

Call number:: DT429.5.S94 K63 2005

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_905828

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From coastal to global : the erosion of the Swahili "paradox"

Author:: Topan, Farouk Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Date:: 2006

Topic:: Ethnic identity Search this

Call number:: DT443.3.S92 G56 2006

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_908924

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Tanganyika's first colonist : new findings at Kilwa by J. P. Moffett and A. G. Mathews ; with photographs by F. J. S. Mitchell-Hedges

Author:: Moffett, J. P (John Perry) 1909- Search this; Mathews, A. G Search this; Mitchell-Hedges, F. J. S Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Tanzania; Kilwa Kisiwani; Kilwa Kisiwani (Tanzania); Songo Mnara (Tanzania)

Date:: 1952

Topic:: Architecture, Swahili Search this

Call number:: DT421 .E135

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_914496

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Swahili aesthetics : some observations

Author:: Topan, Farouk Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Africa, East

Date:: 2008

Topic:: Aesthetics, Swahili Search this; Swahili fly whisks Search this; Fly whisks Search this; Swahili incense burners Search this; Incense burners and containers Search this

Call number:: N7397 .A47 2008

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_900506

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The history of East Africa

Author:: Knappert, Jan Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Africa, East; Africa; Indian Coast (East Africa); Germany

Date:: 2005

Topic:: History Search this; Migrations Search this; Civilization Search this; Indonesian influences Search this; Colonies Search this

Call number:: DT429.5.S94 K63 2005

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_905823

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The dance that is not danced, the song that is not sung : Zanzibari women in the maulidi ritual

Author:: Nuotio, Hanni Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Subject:: Maulidi (Festival)) Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Tanzania; Zanzibar

Date:: 2006

Topic:: Women dancers Search this; Swahili-speaking peoples--Rites and ceremonies Search this; Swahili dance Search this

Call number:: DT443.3.S92 G56 2006

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_908929

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Some notes on diseases and Swahili remedies

Author:: Knappert, Jan Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Africa, East

Date:: 2005

Topic:: Diseases Search this; Medicine Search this; Medicinal plants Search this; Traditional medicine Search this

Call number:: DT429.5.S94 K63 2005

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_905837

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Practising an anthropology of philosophy : general reflections and the Swahili context

Author:: Kresse, Kai Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Subject:: Nassir, Ahmad Search this; Nassir, Sheikh Abdilahi 1932- Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Kenya; Mombasa

Date:: 2007

Topic:: Swahili-speaking peoples--Research Search this; Swahili-speaking peoples--Intellectual life Search this

Call number:: GN33 .W37 2007

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_918525

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The shorefolk : aspects of the early development of Swahili communities / Richard Wilding

Author:: Wilding, Richard Search this

Physical description:: 128, [19] p. ; 32 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Africa, East

Date:: 1987; 1987?]

Topic:: History Search this

Call number:: DT365.45.S93W55 1987X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_397151

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A brief note on Swahili astronomy

Author:: Knappert, Jan Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Date:: 2005

Topic:: Astronomy, Swahili Search this

Call number:: DT429.5.S94 K63 2005

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_905840

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The peoples of East Africa

Author:: Knappert, Jan Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Africa, East

Date:: 2005

Topic:: Ethnology Search this; History Search this; Somalis Search this

Call number:: DT429.5.S94 K63 2005

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_905825

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