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008			150414s2015 ohuab b 001 0 eng c
010			_a 2015014795
020			_a9780896802926 (hbk. : acidfree paper)
020			_a9780896802933 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_z9780896804890 (pdf)
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050	0	0	_aPL8701 _b.M77 2015
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100	1		_aMugane, John M., _eauthor. _929583
245	1	4	_aThe story of Swahili / _cJohn M. Mugane.
260			_aAthens _bOhio University Press _c2015
300			_axiv, 324 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aAfrica in world history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index.
505	0	0	_tSwahili, a language alive -- _tSwahili, the complex language of a cosmopolitan people -- _tA grand smorgasbord of borrowings and adaptation -- _tA classical era : the peak of Swahili prosperity, 1000-1500 CE -- _tConsolidation of a popular language, 1500-1850s -- _tThe women of Swahili -- _tThe Swahili literary tradition -- _tWriting Swahili in Arabic characters -- _tColonialism and standardization of Swahili, 1850s to the 1960s and beyond -- _tModern Swahili : moving on -- _tSwahili in African American life -- _tSwahili is for the living.
650		0	_aSwahili language _xHistory. _91465
650		0	_aSwahili language _xSocial aspects. _91466
650		0	_aSwahili-speaking peoples _xHistory. _929584
830		0	_aAfrica in world history. _929585
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
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