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Memory in Translation: "Mau Mau Detainee" and its Swahili Translation

open access: yes, 2014
This article, by focusing on Josiah Mwangi Kariuki’s autobiographical work “Mau Mau” Detainee (1963), and its Swahili translation by Joel Maina, entitled Mau Mau Kizuizini (1965), will give a close look at post-independence Kenyan translation activity ...
AIELLO, Flavia
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The Verity of the Intelligence of the Drunken Behaviour in Swahili Literature

open access: yes
This article examines the verity of the drunken character's statements by referring to Swahili books. The basic data presented have been obtained by a careful reading method in selected books. A review of the documents used to verify the primary data was obtained by electronic and library methods.
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Literature as Medium for Moral Instruction: A Swahili/Islamic Analysis of Ahmad Nassir’s \u27Utenzi wa Mtu ni Utu\u27

open access: yes, 2019
This paper analyzed a narrative poem Mtu ni Utu by Ahmad Nassir Juma Bhalo.The analysis will be guided by the thesis that Swahili-Islamic poetry has been and continues to be an important tool for moral instruction following in the teachings of the holy ...
Swaleh, Amiri
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The "renovated" poetry of Theobald Mvungi and Said Ahmed Mohamed: on mechanisms of transformation of traditional Swahili verse

open access: yes, 2007
Contemporary Swahili poetry is developing according to three main trends. The followers of the first trend - the so called "traditionalists" - stick to classic forms of old Swahili poetry.
Frolova, Natalya S.
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