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The story of Swahili / John M. Mugane ; cover design by Beth Pratt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mugane, John M., author.
- Series:
- Africa in world history.
- Africa in World History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swahili language--History.
- Swahili language.
- Swahili language--Social aspects.
- Swahili-speaking peoples--History.
- Swahili-speaking peoples.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (338 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-89680-489-5
- OCLC:
- 913214314
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