The Customs of the Swahili People: the Desturi Za Waswahili of Mtoro Bin Mwinyi Bakari and Other Swahili Persons (Hermeneutics, Studies in the History of Religions (1980-). )
The Customs of the Swahili People: the Desturi Za Waswahili of Mtoro Bin Mwinyi Bakari and Other Swahili Persons (Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions)
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 0x0x0; A short tear to dustjacket. A new edition of the Swahili text by J W T Allen, using modern orthography and developments in Swahili philology since the turn of the century (1903), when the volume was first published. It is complete and unabridged, except for the omission of a summary of the Law of Islam on certain matters. The Africans who wrote the Desturi were "pure Swahili persons" around the town of Bagamoyo in Tanzania, directly opposite Zanzibar Island. In the 1890s they were asked by Dr Carl Velten, a German linguist, to write down the traditions and customs of their people.
The Customs of the Swahili People: the Desturi Za Waswahili of Mtoro Bin Mwinyi Bakari and Other Swahili Persons (Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions)
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Cultural Studies. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Clean and tight and square. Sharp corners. Appears unread. Darker orange colored boards with gold lettering on the spine. The dust jacket is of construction paper quality. Tan background with lettering and illustrations in darker oranges and browns. Very little sheflwear but light soiling along the spine. The jacket is in new mylar. Edited and translated into English by J.W.T. Allen. Compiled in Memoriam with Notes and Studies by various Makerere collegues, African, American, Asian, British, and European.
The Customs of the Swahili People: the Desturi Za Waswahili of Mtoro Bin Mwinyi Bakari and Other Swahili Persons (Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions)