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The form and content of traditional Swahili literature. [PDF]
, 1953 An investigation of Swahili verse-forms as evidenced in existing manuscripts, mostly in the Swahili-Arabic script. The types of verse-forms are exemplified and wherever possible related to Arabian sources. The earliest known poems are studied, including the Liyongo poems, and the general conclusion is reached that no satisfactory evidence of their ...
Harries, Lyndon
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More than just warriors: Mythical and archetypal images of the hero in Swahili literature [PDF]
Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2019 Since ancient time until today, the image of the hero has influenced literary works universally. The “hero” becomes mythical only after his death, and through forms of remembrance that can be realized in other literary productions in which his figure is
Graziella Acquaviva
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Reading the Kenyan Swahili prose works:: A terra incognita in Swahili literature.
, 2012 Kenyan Swahili creative writing has been in the shadow of Tanzanian creative works for a long time. Infact some critics even end up claiming that one cannot really talk of Kenyan Swahili prose creative writing. This is notwithstanding a number of commendable works some of which belong to the very first generation of Swahili literature.
Wamitila, Kyallo Wadi
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A bibliography of Swahili literature, culture and history
, 2012 The present alphabetical Bibliography ranging from `Abdalla` to `Zhukov` includes old and new titles on Swahili Literature, Linguistics, Culture and History. Swahili Studies or \''Swahilistics\'' have grown strong since the mid-1980s when scholars started to increasingly engage in international networking, first by communicating through the newsletter ...
Geider, Thomas
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SWAHILI LITERATURE INTO ITALIAN: THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSLATING ABDILATIF ABDALLA’S POEMS
, 2018 The considerations on the translation of Swahili poetry which are developed in this article originate from a work (carried out with Roberto Gaudioso) devoted to the Italian translation of selected verses by two contemporary poets, Euphrase Kezilahabi and Abdilatif Abdalla.
Aiello, F., Aiello, Flavia, F. Aiello
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Migration Patterns and Economic Interconnections in the Indian Ocean during the Nineteenth Century
Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, 2022 The Indian Ocean acted as a central hub, facilitating relationships between the South-Central Asian littorals, the main coasts of Oman, and the Swahili coasts of East Africa from Mogadishu to Kilwa.
Beatrice Nicolini
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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/Montre de journal)
African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014 Uchunguzi means investigation in Swahili and provides a summary of some of the most recent international literature as presented in other leading journals, but with an emphasis on what is relevant to our continent.
Benjamin W. Wachira
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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/Montre de Journal)
African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015 Uchunguzi means investigation in Swahili and provides a summary of some of the most recent international literature as presented in other leading journals, but with an emphasis on what is relevant to our continent.
Benjamin W. Wachira
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Discovering Usage Patterns for the Swahili amba- Relative Forms cl. 16, 17, 18
Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2005 The paper discovers and describes generalised usage patterns meant for assisting second language Swahili learners in appropriate use of the amba- locatives by applying corpus-based discovery procedures where the actual communication environment of each ...
Maddalena Toscano, Simon Sewangi
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Urban Planning, 2022 Self-building is the prevalent mode of urban production in rapidly urbanizing African cities. National and international policy frameworks, as well as popular discourse, still portray self-building as an informal and temporary fix for insufficient state ...
Priscila Izar
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