Title The story of Swahili / John M. Mugane.

Publication Info.	Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2015]
	©2015

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Description	1 online resource : maps.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Africa in world history
	Africa in world history.
Contents	Swahili, a language alive -- Swahili, the complex language of a cosmopolitan people -- A grand smorgasbord of borrowings and adaptation -- A classical era : the peak of Swahili prosperity, 1000-1500 CE -- Consolidation of a popular language, 1500-1850s -- Women of Swahili -- Swahili literary tradition -- Writing Swahili in Arabic characters -- Colonialism and standardization of Swahili, 1850s to the 1960s and beyond -- Modern Swahili : moving on -- Swahili in African American life -- Swahili is for the living.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Swahili language -- History.
	Swahili language.
	History.
	Swahili language -- Social aspects.
	Swahili language -- Social aspects.
	Swahili-speaking peoples -- History.
	Swahili-speaking peoples.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Mugane, John M., author. Story of Swahili 9780896802926 (DLC) 2015014795 (OCoLC)895302213
ISBN	9780896804890 electronic book
	0896804895 electronic book
	9780896802926
	0896802922
	9780896802933
	0896802930
	0896804895