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1974
This thesis is my original work and has not been presented
for a degree in any other University.
Professor ,F
Head, '
Department
University of Nairobi
Director,
British Institute of Archaeology in Eastern Africa,
Nairobi
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CONTENTS
Summary ................................. 7
Illustrations
ILLUSTRATIONS
SUMMARY
this thesis.
century.
taken by t h e m .
arc due to him for his invaluable help and ftuid nee.
the Introduction.
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INTRODUCTION
Indian Ocean.
been re-exports.
to Oman” (2).
century A.D.
tribes.
Barawa (1505).
of gold traded.
the Portuguese.
Zanzibar.
port.
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Amu and from this the name of one of the three major
in Arabic.
THE ARCHIPELAGO
situated (Fig.5).
died in 1888.
stone.
sea.
houses.
being" ( 30 ) .
THE ARCHITECTURE
SPATIAL ORGANIZATION
place in the open; the first two along the sea, the
tambourines.
The town slopes down towards the sea; all lanes and ^
Oman respectively.
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Until recently the affairs of each mtaa used to be
Mombasa and Faza had three each, Siyu had two and so
on. Lamu town also had two: Suudl and Zelna who
old clan. The free men of the town could borrow the
token consideration.
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HISTORY
wealth from the sea and from fruit orchards, and its
later addition.
and bangles.
a unifying religion.
sight.
town" (49).
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55
owners (Fig.24-26).
(Fig.22).
changed at will.
walls.
single shaft.
each other.
The houses of the poor would have been built of mud and
wattle walls roofed with palm leaves or grass thatch.
These are impermanent materials which deteriorate within
a very short span of time. Although such dwellings
undoubtedly housed the great majority of the population
very little is known about them.
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PEDIGREE
entities (6 6 ).
respectively.
Swahili names (6 8 ).
padded chairs.
beads (72).
INVOLVEMENT
facilities increased (7 3 ).
PRIVACY
(83).
joinery" (8 5 ).
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(Fig.52).
thdt time.
similar terms. Some like Moz mbique and Oja had few
intervention.
four miles from the sea and two miles from Mida
ally to Malindi (9 5 ).
observation (103).
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century (106).
requirements of trade.
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large scale.
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98
(60) . Ibid.
102
(61) . P- 1°8 *
(66) . I M i . , p. 239.
(75) . M m P. 118.
(103) Meek,
. C.K. (1925), pp. 1, 4 and 5.
(104) Chit-kick's
. article in Lamanl. ed. Ogot and
Kieran (1968), pp. 105-106. Chittick here
examines the exports of the coast mentioned
in the Periolus. The list includes coconut
oil which shows "that some people at least
were living in permanent settlements" to
attend to the coconut shamba.
(105) Oliver
. & Mathew (1963), Vol.I, p. 115.
(106) Chittick's
. discussion of Kirkman's paper
(1966), p. 253.
(107) Kenya
. Land Commission on evidence (1934),
Vol.III, pp. 2610-2611.
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Encyclopaedia of Islam.
The Koran.
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