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  1. Names of Contemporary Wooden Boats of Coastal East Africa: Origins and Meanings

    Names of Contemporary Wooden Boats of Coastal East Africa: Origins and Meanings

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Elgidius B. Ichumbaki --- , Tanzania Gastor Mapunda --- , Tanzania John P. Cooper --- , United Kingdom Sinyati R. Mark --- , Tanzania Elinaza A. Mjema --- , Tanzania Lucy Blue --- , Thomas J. Biginagwa --- , Tanzania
    The coast of eastern Africa, commonly referred to as the Swahili coast, has a rich artisanal heritage of boats — both in their building and use. This iconic history is marked by the presence of various boat types that have...
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  2. Portrait of an ethnography during pandemic times: Bagamoyo remote reconstruction and the (un)Freire of literacy policies in Mozambique

    Portrait of an ethnography during pandemic times: Bagamoyo remote reconstruction and the (un)Freire of literacy policies in Mozambique

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Xénia de Carvalho --- University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
    Since 2019, I have been engaged in remote ethnography about the reconstruction of the beginning of the language and literacy policies developed by the Frelimo School in Bagamoyo (1970–1975), Tanzania. I entered the field based on previous ethnographic fieldwork in...
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