Author: Jan Knappert
Publisher: London [etc.] : Heinemann Educational
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Four Centuries of Swahili Verse
Author: Jan Knappert
Publisher: London [etc.] : Heinemann Educational
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher: London [etc.] : Heinemann Educational
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Four Centuries of Swahili Verse
Author: Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq
Publisher: Hyperion Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Swahili litteraturhistorie. Med et afsnit om sprogets historie samt gennemgang af poesitradition og lyrik - med på swahili og engelsk - frem til ca. 1970.
Publisher: Hyperion Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Swahili litteraturhistorie. Med et afsnit om sprogets historie samt gennemgang af poesitradition og lyrik - med på swahili og engelsk - frem til ca. 1970.
The Story of Swahili
Author: John M. Mugane
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0896804895
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0896804895
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
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.
The Companion to African Literatures
Author: G. D. Killam
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253336330
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
"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.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253336330
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
"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.
Epic Poetry in Swahili and Other African Languages
Author: Knappert
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004671307
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004671307
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Outline of Swahili Literature
Author: Bertoncini Zúbková
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004668489
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004668489
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Epic Poetry in Swahili
Author: Jan Knappert
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN: 9789004068773
Category : Epic poetry, African
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN: 9789004068773
Category : Epic poetry, African
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
On the Poetics of the Utendi
Author: Clarissa Vierke
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643800894
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 723
Book Description
Originally published as author's thesis (doctoral)--BIGSAS, Bayreuth, 2009.
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643800894
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 723
Book Description
Originally published as author's thesis (doctoral)--BIGSAS, Bayreuth, 2009.
Religious Perspectives in Modern Muslim and Jewish Literatures
Author:
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113426898X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113426898X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Dictionary of African Biography
Author: Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong
Publisher:
ISBN: 0195382072
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 3382
Book Description
From the Pharaohs to Fanon, Dictionary of African Biography provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of the men and women who shaped Africa's history. Unprecedented in scale, DAB covers the whole continent from Tunisia to South Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It also encompasses the full scope of history from Queen Hatsheput of Egypt (1490-1468 BC) and Hannibal, the military commander and strategist of Carthage (243-183 BC), to Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (1909-1972), Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1918 -).
Publisher:
ISBN: 0195382072
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 3382
Book Description
From the Pharaohs to Fanon, Dictionary of African Biography provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of the men and women who shaped Africa's history. Unprecedented in scale, DAB covers the whole continent from Tunisia to South Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It also encompasses the full scope of history from Queen Hatsheput of Egypt (1490-1468 BC) and Hannibal, the military commander and strategist of Carthage (243-183 BC), to Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (1909-1972), Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1918 -).