Each Swahili door had a different name the right side was called mlango dume meaning male door and the left door was called mlango jike meaning female door.Eastman, Carol M. “Who Are the Waswahili?” Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, vol. 41, no. 3, [Cambridge University Press, International African Institute], 1971, pp. 228–36, https://doi.org/10.2307/1158841.James De Vere Allen. “Swahili Architecture in the Later Middle Ages.” African Arts, vol. 7, no. 2, UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center, 1974, pp. 42–84, https://doi.org/10.2307/3334723.
