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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Detailed documentation of Swahili culture
"The World of the Swahili" by anthropology professor John Middleton is a very detailed description of Swahili culture. The book covers the basic anthropology subjects: courtship and marriage, family, politics, land tenure, home ownership, and so on. The Swahili culture is complex and somewhat difficult to define; there has never really been a Swahili...
Published on September 7, 2001 by Ed Gibbon www.congocookbook.com
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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If you're really interested, go for it!
Not for the faint-hearted, find the anthropologist within and spend some devoted time getting into this book about the People of the Coast. If you have any interest in the historic or mercantile aspects of the Swahili civilization and culture, we'd recommend it. Not for light readers, though.
Published on January 11, 2000 by www.anotherland.com
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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If you're really interested, go for it!,
This review is from: The World of the Swahili: An African Mercantile Civilization (Hardcover)
Not for the faint-hearted, find the anthropologist within and spend some devoted time getting into this book about the People of the Coast. If you have any interest in the historic or mercantile aspects of the Swahili civilization and culture, we'd recommend it. Not for light readers, though.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Detailed documentation of Swahili culture,
This review is from: The World of the Swahili: An African Mercantile Civilization (Paperback)
"The World of the Swahili" by anthropology professor John Middleton is a very detailed description of Swahili culture. The book covers the basic anthropology subjects: courtship and marriage, family, politics, land tenure, home ownership, and so on. The Swahili culture is complex and somewhat difficult to define; there has never really been a Swahili nation-state, and many of the people who live in Swahili cities are not recognized as Swahili. Middleton writes from his own long experience of East Africa (he is the author of several books) as well as bibliographic research. This text is aimed at the reader with some experience in anthropology or East Africa.
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The World of the Swahili: An African Mercantile Civilization by John Middleton (Paperback - September 10, 1994)
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