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-Kanga - textile - cotton - specifically designed - w/ text message (to community, political, and individual,) - for Zwahili - significant piece of culture - (uses: carry children, things, etc) - embroidery - unique ornamental design - esp. with young - plaster work - - wood furniture - Malika - builder - Pokomo - women build huts; learn skills through the [[strikethrough]] woma [[/strikethrough]] maternal line - - Dr. Yasin - long history in Kenya bec. of interaction bet communities along Indian Ocean - 42 ethnic groups - -add: colonial admin - Portuguese, Arabs, British. -Islam - 9th century - even before it came to the Middle East. - Connie Ali - coast very different from Nairobi -; esp. language - - had to learn the different dialects spoken in the coast - - Geography of the coast - sand dunes, beaches, coconut trees - winterland - like the Mediterranean, -