The story of Swahili /

The story of Swahili /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mugane, John M. (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2015]
Series:Africa in world history.
Subjects:
Swahili language > History.
Swahili language > Social aspects.
Swahili-speaking peoples > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Swahili, a language alive
  • Swahili, the complex language of a cosmopolitan people
  • A grand smorgasbord of borrowings and adaptation
  • A classical era : the peak of Swahili prosperity, 1000-1500 CE
  • Consolidation of a popular language, 1500-1850s
  • The women of Swahili
  • The Swahili literary tradition
  • Writing Swahili in Arabic characters
  • Colonialism and standardization of Swahili, 1850s to the 1960s and beyond
  • Modern Swahili : moving on
  • Swahili in African American life
  • Swahili is for the living.