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Swahili People And Their Language
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Author : Dainess Mashiku Maganda
language : en
Publisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
Release Date : 2014-03-22
Swahili People And Their Language written by Dainess Mashiku Maganda and has been published by Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-22 with Social Science categories.
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
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Author : Derek Nurse
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2017-06-10
The Swahili written by Derek Nurse and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-10 with Social Science categories.
"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
Swahili
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Author : Wilfred Whiteley
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-12-20
Swahili written by Wilfred Whiteley and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-20 with Political Science categories.
Originally published in 1969, this book examines the factors which at different historical periods led people to use one language (Swahili) rather than another, or within a given period, to use a particular language in one set of circumstances. The national language of Tanzania and much of East Africa, Swahili is unique among African languages in its verse literature, which dates back to the 18th Century and was written in the Arabic script. This book traces the remarkable expansion of Swahili, which was linked with the expansion of trace, missionary activities and the establishment of Colonial administrations and the development of education.
Swahili
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Author : Wilfred Howell Whiteley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Swahili written by Wilfred Howell Whiteley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Africa, Eastern categories.
The Story Of Swahili
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Author : John M. Mugane
language : en
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Release Date : 2015-07-15
The Story Of Swahili written by John M. Mugane and has been published by Ohio University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-15 with History categories.
Swahili was once an obscure dialect of an East African Bantu language. Today more than one hundred million people use it: Swahili is to eastern and central Africa what English is to the world. From its embrace in the 1960s by the black freedom movement in the United States to its adoption in 2004 as the African Union’s official language, Swahili has become a truly international language. How this came about and why, of all African languages, it happened only to Swahili is the story that John M. Mugane sets out to explore. The remarkable adaptability of Swahili has allowed Africans and others to tailor the language to their needs, extending its influence far beyond its place of origin. Its symbolic as well as its practical power has evolved from its status as a language of contact among diverse cultures, even as it embodies the history of communities in eastern and central Africa and throughout the Indian Ocean world. The Story of Swahili calls for a reevaluation of the widespread assumption that cultural superiority, military conquest, and economic dominance determine a language’s prosperity. This sweeping history gives a vibrant, living language its due, highlighting its nimbleness from its beginnings to its place today in the fast-changing world of global communication.
Swahili And Sabaki
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Author : Derek Nurse
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1993
Swahili And Sabaki written by Derek Nurse and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Sabaki languages form a major Bantu subgroup and are spoken by 35 million East Africans in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and the Comoro Islands. The authors provide a historical/comparative treatment of Swahili (and other Sabaki languages), an account of the relationship of Swahili to Sabaki and to other Bantu languages, and some data on contemporary Sabaki languages. Data sets, appendices, maps, and figures present essential information on phonology, lexical makeup, and tense/aspect morphology. The final chapter is a synthesis describing the linguistic and historical relationship of the Sabaki dialects to each other and to hypothetical proto-stages.
Swahili Origins
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Author : James De Vere Allen
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 1993
Swahili Origins written by James De Vere Allen and has been published by James Currey Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Africa, East categories.
Kiswahili has become the lingua franca of eastern Africa and yet the history of the Swahili peoples has remained elusive. Some have described themselves as Arabs, as Persians, or even in one place as Portuguese. This book is James de Vere Allen's major study of the origin of the Swahili peoples and their cultural identity. North America: Ohio U Press; Kenya: EAEP
Swahili State And Society
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Author : Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui
language : en
Publisher: East African Publishers
Release Date : 1995
Swahili State And Society written by Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui and has been published by East African Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This text examines the social and political impact of the Swahili language.
Oriental Influences In Swahili
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Author : Abdulaziz Lodhi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Oriental Influences In Swahili written by Abdulaziz Lodhi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Africa, Eastern categories.
Swahili English English Swahili Dictionary And Phrasebook
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Author : Nicholas Awde
language : en
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Release Date : 2002
Swahili English English Swahili Dictionary And Phrasebook written by Nicholas Awde and has been published by Hippocrene Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The Swahili-speaking coast of Africa has many attractions: its beaches, safaris, and great cultural diversity. This dictionary and phrasebook contains all of the vocabulary and phrases necessary to communicate in Swahili, the most widely spoken African language. Designed for the visitor, the phrasebook offers terms and phrases for travel and daily life situations; a two-way dictionary contains over 2500 essential Swahili words. A basic Swahili grammar and cultural information arc also included. Spoken originally along the eastern coast (the name kiSwahili means 'coastal language'), and now the official language of Tanzania as well as a major language in Kenya, Uganda and the eastern Congo, Swahili is the lingua franca of Eastern Africa, with over 40 million speakers.