TY - GEN AU - Walker,Iain AU - Ramos,Manuel João AU - Kaarsholm,Preben TI - Fluid Networks and Hegemonic Powers in the Western Indian Ocean SN - 979-10-365-1137-0 PY - 2018/// CY - Lisboa PB - Centro de Estudos Internacionais KW - Humanities, Multidisciplinary KW - Africa KW - África N1 - Ebook N2 - The present volume sets forth to analyse illustrative aspects of the deep-rooted immersion of the populations of the eastern coasts of Africa in the vast network of commercial, cultural and religious interactions that extend to the Middle-East and the Indian subcontinent, as well as the long-time involvement of various exogenous military, administrative and economic powers (Ottoman, Omani, Portuguese, Dutch, British, French and, more recently, European-Americans) UR - https://books.openedition.org/cei/416 ER -