Swahili State and Society
Title | Swahili State and Society PDF eBook |
Author | Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui |
Publisher | East African Publishers |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9789966468239 |
This text examines the social and political impact of the Swahili language.
Swahili State and Society
Title | Swahili State and Society PDF eBook |
Author | Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui |
Publisher | James Currey |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Language spread |
ISBN | 9780852557297 |
The authors consider the spread of the Swahili language in Eastern and Central Africa against a background of interaction between church and state, and between economics and politics. North America: Africa World Press; Kenya: EAEP
Political Culture of Language
Title | Political Culture of Language PDF eBook |
Author | Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui |
Publisher | Global Academic Publishing |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9781883058067 |
The Rise and Fall of Swahili States
Title | The Rise and Fall of Swahili States PDF eBook |
Author | Chapurukha Makokha Kusimba |
Publisher | Altamira Press |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
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The Swahili civilization was a fascinating and complex system_a group of advanced cultures with large economic networks, international maritime trade, and urban sophistication. This book documents the growth of Swahili civilization on the eastern coast of Africa, from 100 B.C. to the time of European colonialism in the sixteenth century. Using archaeological, anthropological, and historical information, Chapurukha M. Kusimba describes the origins of this unique and powerful culture, including its Islamic components, architecture, language, and trading systems. Incorporating the results of his own surveys and excavations, Kusimba provides us with a remarkable African-derived study of the rise and collapse of societies on the Swahili Coast.
The Swahili
Title | The Swahili PDF eBook |
Author | Derek Nurse |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780812212075 |
"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 Swahili World
Title | The Swahili World PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Wynne-Jones |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 672 |
Release | 2017-10-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1317430166 |
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
Title | The World of the Swahili PDF eBook |
Author | John Middleton |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 554 |
Release | 1992-01-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780300060805 |
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.