Inland from Mombasa: East Africa and the Making of the Indian Ocean World

Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Note on Language Introduction 1. Unmoored from the Ocean 2. Looking Inland, to the World 3. The Inland Underpinnings of Indian Ocean Commerce 4. Inland Villages and Oceanic Empires 5. From Mijikenda City to Busaidi Backwater Conclusion Appendix 1. Placing East African Languages in Time and Space Appendix 2. Mijikenda Dialects Appendix 3. Lexical Reconstructions and Distributions Notes Bibliography Index