Nurse, Derek. The Swahili : reconstructing the history and language of an African society, 800-1500 / Derek Nurse and Thomas Spear. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985 - viii, 133 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Ethno-history . Bibliography: p. 123-13-. Includes index. Open access. ISBN: 081227928X LCCN: 843659 Subjects--Topical Terms: Swahili-speaking peoples--History.Swahili language--History.