Download or read book Four Centuries of Swahili Verse written by Jan Knappert and published by London [etc.] : Heinemann Educational. This book was released on 1979 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Four Centuries of Swahili Verse written by Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swahili litteraturhistorie. Med et afsnit om sprogets historie samt gennemgang af poesitradition og lyrik - med på swahili og engelsk - frem til ca. 1970.

Download or read book Epic Poetry in Swahili written by Jan Knappert and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1983 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Epic Poetry in Swahili and Other African Languages written by Knappert and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-09-20 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Traditional Swahili Poetry written by Jan Knappert and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1967 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Anthology of Swahili poetry written by Ali Jahadhmy and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Anthology of Swahili Poetry written by Ali Jahadhmy and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tendi written by J. W. T. Allen and published by New York : Africana Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1971 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Muyaka written by Mohamed H. Abdulaziz and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Swahili Poetry written by Lyndon Harries and published by Oxford, Clarendon P. This book was released on 1962 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Swahili written by Wilfred Howell Whiteley and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Survey of Swahili Islamic Epic Sagas written by Jan Knappert and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief review of all of the known Swahili epic poems and some other narrative songs, the 48 alphabetically listed entries contain summaries of the poems and offer some limited critical comment. Also included is an introduction explaining the history of the tradition and the research methods of the author.

Download or read book Tendi written by J. W. T. Allen and published by Heinemann Educational Publishers. This book was released on 1971 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fire and Lightning written by Joan Maw and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Swahili Origins written by J. de V. Allen and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kiswahili has become the lingua franca of eastern Africa. Yet there can be few historic peoples whose identity is as elusive as that of the Swahili. Some have described themselves as Arabs, as Persians or even, in one place, as Portuguese. It is doubtful whether, even today, most of the people about whom this book is written would unhesitatingly and in all contexts accept the name Swahili. This book was central to the thought and lifework of the late James de Vere Allen. It is his major study of the origin of the Swahili and of their cultural identity. He focuses on how the African element in their cultural patrimony was first modified by Islam and later changed until many Swahili themselves lost sight of it. They share a language and they share a culture. Their territory stretches from the coast of southern Somalia to the Lamu archipelago in Kenya, to the Rovuma River in modern Mozambique and out into the islands of the Indian Ocean. But they lack a shared historical experience. James de Vere Allen, in this study of contentious originality, set out to give modern Swahili evidence of their shared history during a period of eight centuries.

Download or read book The Story of Swahili written by John M. Mugane and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swahili was once an obscure dialect of an East African Bantu language. Today more than one hundred million people use it: Swahili is to eastern and central Africa what English is to the world. From its embrace in the 1960s by the black freedom movement in the United States to its adoption in 2004 as the African Union’s official language, Swahili has become a truly international language. How this came about and why, of all African languages, it happened only to Swahili is the story that John M. Mugane sets out to explore. The remarkable adaptability of Swahili has allowed Africans and others to tailor the language to their needs, extending its influence far beyond its place of origin. Its symbolic as well as its practical power has evolved from its status as a language of contact among diverse cultures, even as it embodies the history of communities in eastern and central Africa and throughout the Indian Ocean world. The Story of Swahili calls for a reevaluation of the widespread assumption that cultural superiority, military conquest, and economic dominance determine a language’s prosperity. This sweeping history gives a vibrant, living language its due, highlighting its nimbleness from its beginnings to its place today in the fast-changing world of global communication.

Download or read book The Companion to African Literatures written by G. D. Killam and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Refreshing..." -- African Sudies Review "The entries are knowledgeable, thorough, and clearly written.... Highly recommended... " --Choice "...an ambitious reference guide to works on African literature." - African Studies Review "This comprehensive compendium will be a handy companion for anyone working on African literatures. The entries are authoritative and up-to-date, providing reliable information on the hundreds of authors and texts that have contributed to a whole continent's literary flowering." --Bernth Lindfors A comprehensive introduction and guide to African-authored works, with over 1,000 cross-referenced entries covering classics in African writing, literary genres and movements, biographical details of authors, and wider themes linking African, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-American literatures.