Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Language xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Unmoored from the Ocean 20
7. 2 Looking Inland, to the World 42
8. 3 The Inland Underpinnings of Indian Ocean Commerce 68
9. 4 Inland Villages and Oceanic Empires 94
10. 5 From Mijikenda City to Busaidi Backwater 114
11. Conclusion 132
12. Appendix 1 Placing East African Languages in Time and Space 141
13. Appendix 2 Mijikenda Dialects 146
14. Appendix 3 Lexical Reconstructions and Distributions 149
15. Notes 157
16. Bibliography 193
17. Index 219