Geo-historical Classification based Comparative Study on Resource Use and Multi-ethnic Coexistence in the Swahili Maritime Society

本研究以资源利用和多民族共存为主题，以肯尼亚的拉穆群岛（拉穆、曼达和佩特）和坦桑尼亚的基卢瓦岛为例，运用地史分类的类型学方法，阐明斯瓦希里海洋社会的结构。拉穆群岛和基卢瓦岛都曾是斯瓦希里语的贸易港口，有着相似的海洋环境：覆盖着红树林的内海和有着边缘礁石的公海。然而，基卢瓦岛现在是一个不到一千居民的海滨小村庄，而贸易和旅游业发达的拉穆岛有大约两万人口，其种族构成比基卢瓦岛更为复杂。拉穆岛的多民族在生计、职业空间、资源利用、居住地等方面存在着分离。应进一步研究宗教、旅游和经济/教育差距等问题，以完善研究成果。

Focusing on the topics of resource use and multi-ethnic coexistence, the aim of this study is to clarify the structure of the Swahili maritime society by using the typological method of geo-historical classification from the cases of Lamu archipelago (Lamu, Manda, and Pate) in Kenya and Kilwa Island in Tanzania. Both Lamu archipelago and Kilwa Island are the former Swahili trading port and have similar maritime environments : inland sea covered with mangrove and open sea with fringing reef. However, while Kilwa Island is now a small seashore village with fewer than a thousand inhabitants, Lamu Island, well developed in trading and tourism, has about twenty thousand populations and its ethnic composition is more complicated than that of Kilwa Island. The multi-ethnics in Lamu Island coexist by separating their livelihood, occupational space, resource use, and residence place. Further studies on the issues of religion, tourism, and economic/educational disparities should be conducted to refine the research results.