| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 254 pages) : 2 maps |
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MSU Press African historical sources ; 7 |
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African historical sources ; no. 7.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction; 1. Mashairi ya Vita vya Kuduhu: Edited Poems; 2. Mashairi ya Vita vya Kuduhu: Translations; 3. Accounts of Kuduhu; 4. Editing and Translating Practices; 5. Annotated Edition of Mashairi ya Vita and Source Versions; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index |
| Notes |
English and Swahili |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
War poetry, Swahili.
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War poetry, Swahili -- History and criticism
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Swahili poetry -- 19th century
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Swahili poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
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Swahili poetry
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War poetry, Swahili
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Epos
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Kenia
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Swahili.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Biersteker, Ann Joyce
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Shariff, Ibrahim Noor
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| LC no. |
92035316 |
| ISBN |
9781628961980 |
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1628961988 |
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0870138944 |
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9780870138942 |
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