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African Merchants of the Indian Ocean. Swahili of the East African Coast John Middleton
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134 pages. 2004. This serves as an introduction to an unusual people of eastern Africa known as Swahili. Middleton, who has known these people for a half a century, describes their highly stratified, merchant society and civilization, documenting their importance both for anthropologists and for others interested in Africa. Swahili continue today their centuries-old role as merchants in long-distance international trade, a role that has led them to form a society very distinct from any other in Africa.
9781577663140, 157766314414
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