ISBN:
0-19-815121-7
,
978-0-19-815121-0
Language:
English
,
Swahili
Pages:
vii, 208 Seiten
Series Statement:
Oxford Library of African Literature
Uniform Title:
Swifa ya Nguvumali
Keywords:
Tansania Swahili-Cluster
;
Literatur, afrikanische
;
Poesie
;
Lyrik
;
Folklore
;
Volksdichtung
;
Medizin, traditionelle
;
Heiler
;
Islam
;
Soziales Leben
;
Familie
;
Anthropologie, soziale
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- 1. The coastal people and their culture -- 2. Peasant life -- 3. Family relationships -- 4. Islam -- 5. Sorcerers and medicine-men -- A note on the form and language of the poem (M. N Abdulaziz) -- Text and translation -- Appendix: two cases of murder
Note:
Introduction and appendix in English; poem Praise of a medicine man, being the character of the medicine man Nguvumali in English and Swahili
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