Mashairi ya vita vya Kuduhu [[electronic resource] ] : war poetry in Kiswahili exchanged at the time of the Battle of Kuduhu / / Ann Biersteker and Ibrahim Noor Shariff, editors

• Pubblicazione: East Lansing, : Michigan State University, 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 896/.3921/009358
• Soggetto topico: War poetry, Swahili; War poetry, Swahili - History and criticism; Swahili poetry - 19th century; Swahili poetry - 19th century - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BierstekerAnn Joyce ShariffIbrahim Noor
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Mashairi ya vita vya Kuduhu
• ISBN: 1-62895-198-2; 0-87013-894-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457402203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: African historical sources ; ; no. 7.