The story of Swahili / John M. Mugane.
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TextSeries: Africa in world historyPublication details: Athens Ohio University Press 2015Description: xiv, 324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780896802926 (hbk. : acidfree paper)
- 9780896802933 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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- PL8701 .M77 2015
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index.
Swahili, a language alive -- Swahili, the complex language of a cosmopolitan people -- A grand smorgasbord of borrowings and adaptation -- A classical era : the peak of Swahili prosperity, 1000-1500 CE -- Consolidation of a popular language, 1500-1850s -- The women of Swahili -- The Swahili literary tradition -- Writing Swahili in Arabic characters -- Colonialism and standardization of Swahili, 1850s to the 1960s and beyond -- Modern Swahili : moving on -- Swahili in African American life -- Swahili is for the living.
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