MUYAKA: 19th Century Swahili Popular Poetry

by Abdulaziz, Mohamed H

First Edition

[30 Day Return Guarantee] Price: $50.00

Book Description

Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1979 xii, 340 pp. Illustrations, footnotes, title index, bibliography. A literary study of the Swahili poetry of Muyaka bin Haji al-Ghassany (1776-1837 or 1840), an outstanding and influential poet from Mombasa. Approximately one half of the book consists of Muyaka's Swahili verse (romanized) with parallel English translation (Part Three). CONTENTS: PART ONE. Introduction. 1) Sources. 2) Social, political, and cultural setting. 3) Form, language, diction, and style of Muyaka's poetry. 4) Muyaka, the man. PART TWO: 5) Patriotic verses and war songs. PART THREE. 6) Miscellaneous verses of Muyaka. CONDITION: Sewn binding. Moderate overall handling wear. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 22 x 14 cm.

Bookseller Terms of Sale

** NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Surface shipping is no longer available from the USA. Whenever possible, we will ship your book(s) (well-protected in cardboard) in the flat-rate Priority (airmail) envelope. If your packaged item does not fit in the envelope, we may need to request additional shipping fees. OVERSIZED books (see end of book description, if relevant) will generally require extra shipping costs. Please e-mail if you have any questions. We answer all e-mails promptly; email is the quickest and most efficient method of communication for us. All items are offered subject to prior sale. Please wait for our e-mailed confirmation of availability and total cost (including shipping) before sending payment. PAYMENT: We accept direct orders paid by (1) check/money order or (2) Paypal (account: scholarstale@kiva.net). In either case, please contact us for confirmation of availability and shipping costs before sending payment. We accept credit card payments through Paypal (www.paypal.com) and through Biblio.com; we are unable to accept credit cards directly. Institutions can be invoiced. Customers outside the USA who are sending payment directly must prepay in US dollars (USD $) by one of the following options: (1) Paypal (account: scholarstale@kiva.net), (2) bank cheque drawn on a US bank, (3) international postal money order, (4) bank transfer (an extra US$10.00 fee charged by our bank also applies), (5) Western Union money transfer (please inquire). RETURNS: Any book may be returned within 10 days of receipt for any reason, with prior email notice, for a full refund of the book's price. Condition of returned items must be the same as when shipped; returns must be packed appropriately so that damage does not occur during the return shipment.