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The Swahili World
Author | : Stephanie Wynne-Jones,Adria LaViolette |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 672 |
Release | : 2017-10-16 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781317430162 |
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The Swahili World presents the fascinating story of a major world civilization, exploring the archaeology, history, linguistics, and anthropology of the Indian Ocean coast of Africa. It covers a 1,500-year sweep of history, from the first settlement of the coast to the complex urban tradition found there today. Swahili towns contain monumental palaces, tombs, and mosques, set among more humble houses; they were home to fishers, farmers, traders, and specialists of many kinds. The towns have been Muslim since perhaps the eighth century CE, participating in international networks connecting people around the Indian Ocean rim and beyond. Successive colonial regimes have helped shape modern Swahili society, which has incorporated such influences into the region’s long-standing cosmopolitan tradition. This is the first volume to explore the Swahili in chronological perspective. Each chapter offers a unique wealth of detail on an aspect of the region’s past, written by the leading scholars on the subject. The result is a book that allows both specialist and non-specialist readers to explore the diversity of the Swahili tradition, how Swahili society has changed over time, as well as how our understandings of the region have shifted since Swahili studies first began. Scholars of the African continent will find the most nuanced and detailed consideration of Swahili culture, language and history ever produced. For readers unfamiliar with the region or the people involved, the chapters here provide an ideal introduction to a new and wonderful geography, at the interface of Africa and the Indian Ocean world, and among a people whose culture remains one of Africa’s most distinctive achievements.
The World of the Swahili
Author | : John Middleton |
Publsiher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 554 |
Release | : 1992-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0300060807 |
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The Swahili of East Africa have a long and distinctive history as a literate, Muslim, urban, and mercantile society. This book presents an anthropological account of the Swahili and offers an original analysis of their little-understood and unusual culture.
The Swahili
Author | : Derek Nurse,Thomas Spear |
Publsiher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2017-06-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781512821666 |
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"As an introduction to how the history of an African society can be reconstructed from largely nonliterate sources, and to the Swahili in particular, . . . a model work."—International Journal of African Historical Studies
The Acquisition of Swahili
Author | : Kamil Ud Deen |
Publsiher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2005-11-02 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9789027293978 |
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This monograph is the first study of the acquisition of Swahili as a first language. It focuses on the acquisition of inflectional affixes, with a particular emphasis on subject agreement and tense. Other inflectional affixes are also investigated, including object agreement and mood. The study surveys the adult dialect in question, Nairobi Swahili, discussing social, phonological, morphological and syntactic properties. Data, analyses and copious examples are presented of the naturalistic speech of four Swahili speaking children. The data are tested against six influential theories of child language, and the results show that processing and metrical theories of telegraphic speech fail to account for the observed patterns, while grammatical theories of child language fair significantly better. The data and analyses presented in this book are indispensable for linguists and psychologists interested in the acquisition of inflectional material and other cross-linguistic properties of child language.
Swahili People and Their Language
Author | : Dainess Mashiku Maganda |
Publsiher | : Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2014-03-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781912234707 |
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History is a testament to what happened to a people or a place. It shows how things were and their transformation while explaining why the changes happened. Not only does history allow human beings to trace their trajectory in dealing with specific issues they face in the affairs of making a living, it also highlights movements between people around the world while showing their role in creating systems still in place today. History reveals to us major contributors of the trading systems along the east coast of Africa, documenting the role of the Swahili people and their interactions with different people of the world.The Swahili People and Their Language discusses ways in which the Swahili people came to occupy a prominent position in the world's trading system and how they lost their wealth through their contact with the outside world. The book highlights the strategic position occupied by the Swahili people, their natural resources, their skills and their rich cultural mix and how the contact with the outside world played a major influence that is clearly noticeable to date. The book contributes to the on-going discussion about Africans and their participation in today's development and reminds readers that the creation of the current economic, social and political situation of the Swahili people mirrors the history and positioning of many other formerly independent societies that became colonized nation-states. The authors provide discussions that shade light on critical questions such as: Who are the Swahili people and why are they important? Is there such a thing as a Swahili Civilization? If so, what is it and how does it relate to modern civilization? What place does the Swahili language occupy both in its history and usage on the continent and in the rest of the world?
The Swahili
Author | : Mark Horton,John Middleton |
Publsiher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2001-03-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 063118919X |
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This wide-ranging volume integrates documentary sources and contemporary archaeological evidence to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date account of Swahili history, anthropology, language and culture.
The Swahili Novel
Author | : Xavier Garnier |
Publsiher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9781847010797 |
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An overview of the Swahili novel, its place in a globalized world and a reflection on the status and dynamism of Kafka's concept of 'minor literature'.
My First Swahili Alphabets Picture Book with English Translations
Author | : Goma S. |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2019-11-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0369600525 |
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Did you ever want to teach your kids the basics of Swahili ? Learning Swahili can be fun with this picture book. In this book you will find the following features: Swahili Alphabets. Swahili Words. English Translations.