Swahili coast trading town and cultural center of the Lamu archipelago.
Lost its independence in 1890 when the Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty transferred the Swahili coast from Zanzibar to British colonial rule; Lamu became part of the East Africa Protectorate and later Kenya Colony, though it retained local cultural autonomy.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Lamu (Swahili city-state) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1200 · 1401.
Anthropological study of Swahili stone-towns like Lamu and their society.
Standard history of the Swahili coast and its archipelago towns (broad regional context).