Os Dhow do Zanzibar: A técnica de construção de uma antiga embarcação de origem árabe e o seu papel socioeconómico na actualidade

We watched the dhow, this ancient boat still in use in Zanzibar. In the neighborhood of Nungwi and Stone Town shipyards on the beach are construction sites of the dhow, built entirely with manual old tools. A large fraction of the fishing activity in the archipelago is carried out with the dhow, als...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fernando da Piedade Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2014-06-01
Series:Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cea/1535