Mashairi ya Vita vya Kuduhu : War Poetry in Kiswahili Exchanged at the Time of the Battle of Kuduhu.

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 co...

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Main Author: Biersteker, Ann Joyce
Other Authors: Shariff, Ibrahim Noor
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 1995.
Series:African historical sources.
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505 0 |a 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. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index. 
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