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A product of centuries-old intercultural connections between Comores and Zanzibar, Ahmed Shariff’s life unfolded across islands and continents, through political upheaval, displacement, education and service. His journey carried him far from the Indian...

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Tag(s) : #Ahmed Shariff, #Mohamed Ahmed Saleh, #English Books, #History, #Human rights, #Comoros, #Zanzibar

Jahazi la ushairi la Mwajabu Ali Kachenje Possi lilianza safari yake zamani za utawala wa Waingereza katika shule ya kati ya wasichana ya Same. Likapita Korogwe na Machame, likafika Chang’ombe na Morogoro Sekondari ambako mtunzi, akiwa mwalimu wa Kiswahili,...

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Tag(s) : #Poetry, #Swahili poetry, #Mwajabu Ali Kachenje Possi, #Swahili Books

The Procrustean Bed: The Fallacy of Accentual Metrics in Swahili Poetry. A Manifesto for Data-Driven Models for the Utenzi, Wimbo, and Shairi Meters (Mathieu Roy, DL2A Buluu Publishing, 2026; ISBN 978-1-291-70670-3; 582 pages) is a monograph on the meters...

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Tag(s) : #Mathieu Roy, #English Books, #Ushairi, #Kenya, #Kiamu, #Tanzania, #Swahili language--Versification, #Poetics, #Metrics and rhythmics, #Open Science, #Science Ouverte - Open Access, #Syllabic meter, #Utenzi, #Wimbo, #Shairi, #Vina na Mizani, #Swahili poetry, #Poetry

DL2A a le plaisir d'annoncer la mise à disposition publique d'un corpus de recherche inédit sur la plateforme scientifique Zenodo. Cette collection centralise les données primaires et les analyses linguistiques issues des travaux de terrain menés en 2005...

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Tag(s) : #Science Ouverte - Open Access, #Mathieu Roy, #Kiamu, #Swahili linguistics, #French Books, #Poetry, #Traduction Swahili - Français, #Ustadh Mahmud "Mau" Ahmed Abdull ibn Kadir, #Swahili identity, #Kenya, #Lamu, #Archives sonores, #Poésie swahilie, #Corpus, #Audio archives, #Ustadh Mahmoud Mau, #Open Science, #Swahili poetry, #Ushairi, #Audio Archives

🇬🇧 The work entitled Mansura, authored by Issak Esmail Issak, presents itself as a vast literary and memorial epic spanning over five hundred pages. It invites the reader to delve into the heart of the narratives, myths, and legends of the Wakae—the inhabitants...

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Tag(s) : #Issak Esmail Issak, #Zanzibar, #Kikae, #Mohamed Ahmed Saleh, #Swahili Books, #Riwaya, #Novel

🇬🇧🇹🇿 Step back in time to the Zanzibar of the 1950s with this heartfelt collection of poems and stories by Issak Ismail Issak. A sequel to his beloved "My Grandpa's Garden," this volume continues to explore the cherished memories of a childhood spent...

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Tag(s) : #Swahili Books, #Zanzibar, #Bilingual Books, #English Books, #Swahili - English Translations, #Issak Esmail Issak, #Muhammed Marhuby

🇬🇧 Crying, Laughing, Dancing Pots highlights a smooth historical undertaking of Zanzibarisation, par excellence. It offers a comprehensive exploration of the Kumbhar community, a group that migrated from Kutch, India, to Zanzibar, approximately 300 years...

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Tag(s) : #Zanzibar, #English Books, #History, #Diaspora, #India, #Khumbars, #Ahmed Rajab, #Mohamed Ahmed Saleh, #Issak Esmail Issak

🇬🇧 Do you hear the notes plucked as the griot tunes his hoddu? When a Peul griot from Sénégal plays his hoddu he sings family histories, praise songs, traditional tales and epics. Within these songs there are questions of identity, and of how people conduct...

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Tag(s) : #Warren D.M. Reed, #Short stories, #Sénégal, #History, #Fiction

🇹🇿 Wasifu : Jane D. Mwanizuwa Sabini (Jane Davis).Ni mwandishi chipukizi wa simulizi riwaya na tungo za kishairi. Alizaliwa tarehe 20 Januari mnamo mwaka 1995 huko wilaya ya Uyui mkoani Tabora. Alipata elimu ya msingi Igoko shule ya msingi na elimu ya...

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Tag(s) : #Jane Davis, #Fiction, #Riwaya, #Swahili Books, #Novel, #Human rights

🇹🇿 KUHUSU KITABU Katika kurasa za kitabu hiki, tutajifunza kuhusu maana ya fidia ya dhambi, umuhimu wa Damu ya Yesu, na jinsi tunavyoweza kuishi kulingana na thamani ya ukombozi alioutupa. Pia, tutachunguza jinsi Damu ya Yesu inavyotuletea ushindi, uhuru,...

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Tag(s) : #Mtumishimama, #Religion, #Christianity, #Swahili Books