A

Accustomed, love compared to, 79 , 318 n.

See also Love

Adoption, 85 -87

African and Arab contributions to Swahili, 29

Aibu. See Shame

Aida, seclusion of widows, 257 .

See also Death; Marriage

Akida, H. et al., 163 , 182

Akong'a, Joshua, xii

"All by all" cultural sharing. See Cultural sharing

Allen, J., 314 n, 315 n

Amity, 171 -172

Arab administration, 44

Arabs:

identity, 43 -45;

Swahili relations with, 2 , 9 -10, 36 , 37 .

See also Omani; Swahili; Swahili Arabs; Zanzibari Arabs

Arbiters, 16 -18, 189 -190, 197 -201, 328 n;

defined, 190 ;

fearing, 197 -201, 290 -291;

judging, 203 , 292 .

See also Cultural change; Sanctioners; Shame

Arens, W., 313 n

Aronoff, Myron, xiii

Azzan, Rashid, xii