Mtoro bin Mwinyi Bakari (c. 1869-1927) [[electronic resource] ] : Swahili lecturer and author in Germany / / Ludger Wimmelbücker

• Autore: Wimmelbücker Ludger
• Pubblicazione: Dar es Salaam, : Mkuki na Nyota, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (152 p.)
• Disciplina: 967.8
• Soggetto topico: Intellectuals - Tanzania - 19th century; Immigrants - Germany - 19th century; Tanzanians - Germany - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: German East Africa History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Growing up in Dunda and Bagamoyo; 2. Living under German colonial rule; 3. At the School of Oriental Languagesin Berlin; 4. Marriage in 1904; 5. Teaching German missionaries; 6. At the Colonial Institute in Hamburg; 7. 1913: further discord; 8. Back in Berlin; 9. Reduced and forgotten; Résumé; Postscripton the writings of Mtoro Bakari; Abbreviations; References; Index; Sources of Illustrations; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents a study of the life history of Mtoro bin Mwinyi Bakari (c. 1869 - 1927). Mtoro bin Mwinyi Bakari grew up and studied Islamic Sciences in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. He became a Swahili lecturer and author in Germany and is known to have written Desturi za Wasuaheli, an important work in Swahili culture. The book introduces the wider historical context of his writings, and, in particular, reconstructs the racism and discrimination in both the colonial and metropolitan contexts, features which negatively influenced his career and his life as a whole. The study also offers insights int
• Titolo autorizzato: Mtoro bin Mwinyi Bakari (c. 1869-1927)
• ISBN: 1-283-00511-5; 9786613005113; 9987-08-102-9; 9987-08-141-X; 9987-10-266-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789813703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II