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Mashairi ya Vita vya Kuduhu : War Poetry in Kiswahili Exchanged at the Time of the Battle of Kuduhu.

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 co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Biersteker, Ann
Otros Autores: Shariff, Ibrahim Noor
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Swahili
Publicado: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 1995.
Colección:African historical sources.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (268 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.
ISBN:9780870138942
0870138944
1628951982
9781628951981