Mashairi ya vita vya Kuduhu : war poetry in Kiswahili exchanged at the time of the Battle of Kuduhu / Ann Biersteker and Ibrahim Noor Shariff, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biersteker, Ann Joyce.

Shariff, Ibrahim Noor.

Series:

African historical sources ; no. 7.

MSU Press African historical sources ; no. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War poetry, Swahili.

War poetry, Swahili--History and criticism.

Swahili poetry--19th century.

Swahili poetry.

Swahili poetry--19th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mashairi Ya Vita Vya Kuduhu is a presentation and discussion of both manuscript and published versions of poems written by Lamu poets around the time of the Battle of Kuduhu. The poetic dialogue studied in this volume has played a significant role in the history of Swahili poetry, and its primary concern is to inform continued work in this area. The poems contained in this work were transmitted and preserved by speakers of Kiswahili and later collected and preserved by scholars. Chapter One contains the edited poems; Chapter Two consists of the translations. Subsequent chapters include accoun

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction; 1. Mashairi ya Vita vya Kuduhu: Edited Poems; 2. Mashairi ya Vita vya Kuduhu: Translations; 3. Accounts of Kuduhu; 4. Editing and Translating Practices; 5. Annotated Edition of Mashairi ya Vita and Source Versions; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62895-198-2

0-87013-894-4

OCLC:

623538158