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Swahili Chic takes an exotic approach to gracious living from a 2,000-year-old culture rich in beauty and sophistication. Globe-trotting style expert Bibi Jordan introduces the Swahili school of design, architecture and graceful living that instils a sense of simplicity, sensuality and spirituality into any interior. ‘Swahili Chic’ features the astonishing coral palaces and historic travellers’ inns of World Heritage Sites Lamu and Zanzibar, as well as romantic seaside cottages and the eco-adventure resorts of Mombasa and Malindi. Each chapter details the region’s past, with fascinating facts about African culture and history, and highlights the most intriguing and inspirational aspects of the local decor, making this an ideal book for both the armchair traveller and the travel adventurer as well as decoration specialists. Bibi offers inimitably chic assistance in integrating aspects of Swahili design into the modern home, anywhere in the world. This review belongs to another.
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