Epic Poetry in Swahili

Epic Poetry in Swahili
Author: Jan Knappert
Publisher: Brill Archive
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1983
Genre: Epic poetry, African
ISBN: 9789004068773

A Survey of Swahili Islamic Epic Sagas

A Survey of Swahili Islamic Epic Sagas
Author: Jan Knappert
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1999
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

A brief review of all of the known Swahili epic poems and some other narrative songs, the 48 alphabetically listed entries contain summaries of the poems and offer some limited critical comment. Also included is an introduction explaining the history of the tradition and the research methods of the author.

Grammar of Literary Swahili

Grammar of Literary Swahili
Author: Jan Knappert
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1999
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

This work contains a very condensed grammar of literary Swahili, the traditional literary language. It serves as a vehicle for the Islamic literature, both prose and poetry, including the town chronicles, as well as the long didactic poems on moral duties.

Swahili Poetry

Swahili Poetry
Author: Lyndon Harries
Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon P
Total Pages: 350
Release: 1962
Genre: English poetry
ISBN: