Figure 2 The Ancestors’ Land , 2005. Fine art print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper, 42 × 42 cm. © Malala Andrialavidrazana. Courtesy of the artist. This wooden toy boat mooring on a sunny shore of the Indian Ocean reminds me of rainbows after monsoon storms. I am not a fairy-tale addict, but I More

Figure 4 Plan of attack on Tamatave. More

Figure 1 Aristide Corroller's Family Tree. More

Map 1 The Southwest Indian Ocean, c. 1825. More

Figure 2 Mantasoa Industrial Complex. Map by author. More

Figure 2 Dhows anchored in Zanzibar harbor. Photograph by author. More

Figure 3 The promise of youth, 2012. Photo copyright Sarah Gould. More

Figure 1 Poem by Mohamed Omar, in Lamu, 2012. Photo by author. More

Figure 2 Save Lamu offices in Lamu, 2016. Photo by author. More

Figure 1 From the New York Times , April 9, 1972. More

Figure 3 Swahili children playing with toy dhows in Lamu. Photograph by author. More

Figure 2 Jiriky with cattle blood, 2012. Photo copyright Sarah Gould. More

Figure 2 Rickshaw puller, 1900s. Photograph © National Archives of Singapore. More

Figure 1 Ranavalona I (r. 1828–61). Credit: Imago Images. More

Figure 3 Indentured Indian labor, arrivals and departures, Mauritius, 1834–64. More