M

Malindi, 30

Malinowski, B., 137 -138, 263 , 265

Marriage:

among kin, 88 , 318 n;

arranged, 87 -90, 319 n;

equal standing of partners' families, 91 ;

feelings and funds in, 254 -255;

as goal for women, 87 ;

mainly endogamous, 52 , 88 ;

polygynous, 52 , 322 n;

proposals of accepted and rejected, 91 -92;

secret, 190 , 276 ;

sex in, 326 n-327n;

significance for men and women, 255 -258.

See also Divorce; Husbands; Love; Wives

Martin, E., 26

Mathew, G., 28

Mazrui, 33 , 34 -35;

and rebellion against British, 38

Mazrui, Kasim el, 65

Mazrui, Mohammed Suleman, xii

Matabibu. See Gallenic doctors; Herbal doctors

Medical treatment:

choosing with limited understandings, 228 -236;

cost of and government provision, 323 n;

culture guidance in getting, 18 -19;

diagnosis and treatment, 217 -220;

experts' understandings about, 213 -217, 324 n, 325 n;

religiously derived, 324 n;

traditional Swahili, 19 , 217 -220, 323 n;

types available, 229 -231, 324 n;

unshared understandings about, 210 -211, 225 -228, 324 n.

See also Body functioning; General expectations

Men:

activities of, 95 -97;

concern about shame, 194 ;

emotional restrictions of, 252 -254, 258 -259, 309 -310;

jobs for, 97 ;

less openly competitive than women, 248 ;

social relations of, 97 -98, 243 -245, 249 -250, 309 -310;

social structure and, 265 -267, 309 ;

views of women, 245 , 251 .

See also Gender differences; Parents and children; Wives; Women

Mijikenda, 34 , 318 n.

See also Nyika

Mitchell, J., 314 n

Mjua Kale, 27 , 82 -83

Mkanyegeni, 27 , 82

Modesty and consideration of others, 167 -168

Mombasa, 314 n;

description, 27 -28, 193.

See also History of Swahili

Mothers, 65 -69, 72 -73, 252 -254, 329 n.

See also Gender differences; Parents and children; Wives; Women

Multiplex statuses and relationships, 149 -152, 290 ;

accepting advice within, 231 -234, 303 ;

cultural organization and, 303 -304;

defined, 149 -150;

difficulty in name, 321 n;

evaluation in, 290 ;

flexibility of expectations, 155 ;

general expectations vital to, 296 -297;

hypothesis concerning central role of, 306 -307;

interpretation vital to judgments in, 296 ;

judgments in, affect behavior most, 295 -296;

role of in plans of action, 235 -241, 295 ;

role of in social structure, 304 ;

role of in unshared culture's influence, 211 .

See also Cultural organization; Expectations; Unshared culture

Murphy, Michael, xiii

Muslim. See Islam

Muungwana , 47 .

See also Nobles

Muyaka (poet), 34

Mvita Tribe, 31 , 32 .

See also Nine Tribes

Mwenye Karama, xii