TY - BOOK AU - Mugane,John M. TI - The story of Swahili /John M. Mugane T2 - Africa in world history SN - 9780896804890 AV - PL8701 .S767 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Athens, Ohio PB - Ohio University Press KW - Swahili language KW - History KW - Social aspects KW - Swahili-speaking peoples KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Swahili, a language alive --; Swahili, the complex language of a cosmopolitan people --; A grand smorgasbord of borrowings and adaptation --; A classical era : the peak of Swahili prosperity, 1000-1500 CE --; Consolidation of a popular language, 1500-1850s --; The women of Swahili --; The Swahili literary tradition --; Writing Swahili in Arabic characters --; Colonialism and standardization of Swahili, 1850s to the 1960s and beyond --; Modern Swahili : moving on --; Swahili in African American life --; Swahili is for the living; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1020645&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -