Tendi : Six Examples of a Swahili Classical Verse Form with Translations & Notes
Published by Africana Publishing Corp. (1971), New York, 1971
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Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark/John Jackson Books, Svendborg, DenmarkExpatriate Bookshop of Denmark/John Jackson Books
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viii, 504 pp, 22x14cm, Pages 55 - 486 consist of Swahili text [in Roman character transliteration]with English translation on facing pages. Contents: The Appreciation of Swahili Classical Literature; The Verse Tradition of Swahili Literature; Transliteration; Tendi; Scansion, Rhyme & Metre; Tendi Metre as Sung; Grammatical Notes; Layout; Utendi wa Mwana Kupona - Mwana Kupona's Poem; Utendi wa Ngamia na Paa - The Camel & the Gazelle; Utendi wa Masabibu - Adversity; Utendi wa Mikidadi wa Mayasa - Miqdad & Mayasa; Utendi wa Ayubu - Job; Utendi wa Qiyama - The Last Judgement. Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Tendi : Six Examples of a Swahili Classical Verse Form with Translations & Notes
- Author
- Allen, J.W.T.
- Publisher
- Africana Publishing Corp. (1971), New York
- Publication year
- 1971
- Binding
- orig. cloth
- Seller catalogs
- African Literature
Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark/John Jackson Books
Svendborg, Denmark
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