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• catalog abstract ""This book depicts the history of Lamu, once an important East African port city, now known as an unspoiled tourist destination and scenic location for Hollywood movies." "For centuries, communities from India, Yemen, and Oman intermingled with coastal and central African groups. This unique situation provides the author with a vantage point to observe non-European multicultural interaction. Oral traditions are central to this study. Records from both the distant past and the more recent period give voice to the opinions of the WaAmu on many issues: Islam, slavery, material culture, and the wide-ranging effects of colonialism. We see how religious practices differed between slaves who were brought to the Lamu hinterland and island, the Muslim Shi'a (who were themselves divided), and the orthodox Sunni community and the Hadramis, who introduced elements of Sufism. When outsiders threatened, the diverse religious groups almost always united against the opposition." "The Portuguese and Turks put in an appearance, as did the French, Americans, and the Germans, who had imperial designs on the Lamu archipelago. But it was the British who triumphed in the late nineteenth century. The author describes internecine conflicts, the importance of Islam, and repeated efforts to thwart the British." "Romero weaves into her account fascinating aspects of Lamu's material culture, social structure, and family life among those who are called the Swahili."--BOOK JACKET.".
• catalog contributor b10450438.
• catalog coverage "Lamu (Kenya) History.".
• catalog created "1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
• catalog description ""This book depicts the history of Lamu, once an important East African port city, now known as an unspoiled tourist destination and scenic location for Hollywood movies." "For centuries, communities from India, Yemen, and Oman intermingled with coastal and central African groups. This unique situation provides the author with a vantage point to observe non-European multicultural interaction. Oral traditions are central to this study. Records from both the distant past and the more recent period give voice to the opinions of the WaAmu on many issues: Islam, slavery, material culture, and the wide-ranging effects of colonialism. We see how religious practices differed between slaves who were brought to the Lamu hinterland and island, the Muslim Shi'a (who were themselves divided), and the orthodox Sunni community and the Hadramis, who introduced elements of Sufism. When outsiders threatened, the diverse religious groups almost always united against the opposition." "The Portuguese and Turks put in an appearance, as did the French, Americans, and the Germans, who had imperial designs on the Lamu archipelago. But it was the British who triumphed in the late nineteenth century. The author describes internecine conflicts, the importance of Islam, and repeated efforts to thwart the British." "Romero weaves into her account fascinating aspects of Lamu's material culture, social structure, and family life among those who are called the Swahili."--BOOK JACKET.".
• catalog description "1. A Glimpse into the Far Past: Contradictions and Traditions -- 2. War and Material Culture after Lamu's Ascendancy on the Northern Kenya Coast -- 3. Lamu Before and During the Age of Creeping Imperialism -- 4. Outsiders and their Impact: Witu, Watoro, the Germans and the IBEA -- 5. The Onset of Colonialism -- 6. The Hadrami, Comoro Islanders, and Indian Communities at the Turn of the Century -- 7. British Penetration Increases and Slave Culture in Lamu -- 8. Abolition of Slavery and Direct Rule -- 9. Life in Lamu from the 1920s: The Government and the "Swahili" -- 10. The Hadrami and Indian Communities from the 1920s -- 11. The Land Claims and the "Swahili" 1930s-1950s -- 12. Health and Leisure -- 13. Lamu through the Second World War and to Independence.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog extent "x, 310 p. :".
• catalog identifier "1558761063 (alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "1558761071 (pb : alk. paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "Topics in world history".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Princeton : M. Wiener,".
• catalog spatial "Lamu (Kenya) History.".
• catalog subject "967.62/3 21".
• catalog subject "DT434.L35 R66 1997".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. A Glimpse into the Far Past: Contradictions and Traditions -- 2. War and Material Culture after Lamu's Ascendancy on the Northern Kenya Coast -- 3. Lamu Before and During the Age of Creeping Imperialism -- 4. Outsiders and their Impact: Witu, Watoro, the Germans and the IBEA -- 5. The Onset of Colonialism -- 6. The Hadrami, Comoro Islanders, and Indian Communities at the Turn of the Century -- 7. British Penetration Increases and Slave Culture in Lamu -- 8. Abolition of Slavery and Direct Rule -- 9. Life in Lamu from the 1920s: The Government and the "Swahili" -- 10. The Hadrami and Indian Communities from the 1920s -- 11. The Land Claims and the "Swahili" 1930s-1950s -- 12. Health and Leisure -- 13. Lamu through the Second World War and to Independence.".
• catalog title "Lamu : history, society, and family in an East African port city / by Patricia W. Romero.".
• catalog type "text".