Mazrui, Alamin M.

Swahili beyond the boundaries : literature, language, and identity / Alamin Mazrui. - Athens : Ohio University Press, c2007. - x, 206 p. ; 22 cm. - Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 85 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-194) 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.

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