Swahili beyond the boundaries : literature, language, and identity /

Mazrui, Alamin M.

Swahili beyond the boundaries : literature, language, and identity / Alamin Mazrui. - Athens : Ohio University Press, 2007. - x, 206 p. - Ohio University research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 85 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : hybridity reconfigured -- The intercultural heritage of Swahili literature -- Aesthetics of Swahili verse: between the "old" and the "new" -- Religion and the boundaries of Swahili literature -- Translation and the (re)configuration of the Swahili literary space -- Conclusion.

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Swahili literature--History and criticism.
Literature and society--Africa, East.

PL8703.5.M25 2007

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