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Beck, Rose Marie.
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Fair, Laura.
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1890-1945. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press.
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Hanby, Jeannette and David Bygott. 1985. Kangas: 101 Uses. Nairobi: Lino Typesetters (K) Ltd.
Hongoke, Christine J. 1993. The effects of khanga inscription as a communication vehicle in
Tanzania. Research Report no. 19. Dar Es Salaam: Women Research and Documentation Project.
Linnebuhr, Elisabeth. 1992. Kanga: Popular cloths with messages. In Sokomoko: popular
culture in East Africa (Matatu No. 9), Werner Graebner, ed. Atlanta, GA: Rodopi. Pp. 81-90.
Vizetelly, Edward. 1901. From Cyprus to Zanzibar by the Egyptian Delta. London: C. Arthur
Pearson, Limited.
Yahya-Othman, Saida. 1997. If the cap fits: Kanga names and women’s voice in Swahili
society. Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere (AAP), 51. Pp. 135-149.
Younghusband, Ethel. 1910. Glimpses of East Africa and Zanzibar. London: John Long, Limited.
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