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Cape Town, Amsterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1953 Inside dust jacket flap: On the lower slopes of Signal Hill, just outside the present business centre of Cape Town, the Malay community has been living for many generations. Whilst, as descendants of highranking political exiles from Java and the Company's slaves from the East Indies, they have managed to maintain their Islamic religion far from Mecca and nearly cut off from any contact with people of their own faith, this small, secluded community has adopted many of the customs, traditions and songs of Holland and kept them alive. As skilled artisans, they contributed in large measure to the development of the Cape Dutch architecture and the style of the colonial furniture. Thus, in due course, their life and culture became a unique blend of East and West. This book gives a survey of all aspects of this Malay quarter and its people, of picturesque old houses, mosques with their oriental atmosphere and muezzins calling from the minarets, colourful old… Read More