Swahili Port Cities: The Architecture of Elsewhere
(Part of the African Expressive Cultures Series)
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On the Swahili coast of East Africa, monumental stone houses, tombs, and mosques mark the border zone between the interior of the African continent and the Indian Ocean. Prita Meier explores this coastal environment and shows how an African mercantile society created a place of cosmopolitan longing. Meier understands architecture as more than a way to remake local space. Rather, the architecture of this liminal zone was an expression of the desire...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:025301915X
ISBN13:9780253019158
Release Date:April 2016
Publisher:Indiana University Press (Ips)
Length:242 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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