Derek Nurse, Thomas Spear

The Swahili (eBook, ePUB)

Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 8-15

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: LSU Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781512821666
• Artikelnr.: 48568226

Autorenporträt

Derek Nurse is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Thomas Spear is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Inhaltsangabe

Maps
Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Swahili and Their History
2 The African Background of Swahili
3 The Emergence of the Swahili-Speaking Peoples
4 Early Swahili Society, 800-1100
5 Rise of the Swahili Town-States, 1100-1500
Appendices
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index