Prita Meier: 1 book
Swahili Port Cities
The Architecture of Elsewhere
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
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....
