Nathalie Arnold Koenings. Mystical Power and Politics on the Swahili Coast: Uchawi in Pemba. Woodbridge: James Currey, 2024. xxii + 286 pp. Maps. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. 130.00. Hardcover. ISBN: 9781847013842.

2025/09/19 by Zebulon Dingley
Social Sciences · #African Studies and Geopolitics #African history and culture analysis #Global Maritime and Colonial Histories

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Nathalie Arnold Koenings. Mystical Power and Politics on the Swahili Coast: Uchawi in Pemba. Woodbridge: James Currey, 2024. xxii + 286 pp. Maps. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. 130.00. Hardcover. ISBN: 9781847013842.

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