N

Neighborhoods, 10 , 79 -83, 267 .

See also Kibokoni; Kuze; Mjua Kale; Mkanyageni

Neighbors, 76 -77;

general expectations and, 74 -75;

and kin, 78 ;

relations with non-Swahili, 77 -78.

See also General expectations; Status

Nia (Intentions), 74 , 297 -298.

See also General expectations; Kinship; Marriage

Nine Tribes, 27 , 316 n;

early history, 31 -34, 315 n;

list of member tribes, 32 .

See also History of Swahili; Old Town; Three Tribes; Twelve Tribes

Nobles, 47 , 51 , 90 -91, 158 -159

Nuclear family, 52 ;

center of members' lives, 97 -98, 99 ;

cultural sharing within, 62 , 63 , 100 ;

increased importance of, 242 -243;

joint activities, 94 -97;

relation to household group and community as whole, 61 -62.

See also Fathers; Kinship; Marriage; Mothers; Parents and children

Nurse, D. and T. Spear, 28 , 314 n

Nyika, 44 .

See also Mijikenda