Outline of Swahili Literature
Prose Fiction and Drama. Second Edition, Extensively Revised and Enlarged.
E. Bertoncini Zúbková, M.D. Gromov, S.A.M. Khamis and K.W. Wamitila
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Biographical note
Elena Bertoncini Zúbková,/b> is Professor of Swahili Language and Literature at the University of Naples 'L'Orientale' in Italy. She has published extensively on modern Swahili literature, stylistics and discourse analysis.
Mikhail D. Gromov, Ph.D. (1993), Doctor of Letters (2005) in Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences, is currently the Associate Professor of Swahili and Literature at the United States International University in Nairobi. He has published a number of works on modern Swahili literature.
Said A.M. Khamis is Professor of African Literatures in African languages at the University of Bayreuth Germany. He has taught in a number of academic institutions, a.o. in Zanzibar, Eldoret and Nairobi (Kenya) and in Osaka (Japan). He has written extensively on Swahili structure and linguistics, Swahili literature and culture, and has published creative works, including poetry, plays, novels and short stories.
Kyallo Wadi Wamitila, Ph.D. (1999), University of Bayreuth, is a Researcher and Senior Lecturer at the University of Nairobi. He has published extensively on Swahili Literature and Language. Among his many publications are his three novels that have won him The Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature: Nguvu ya Sala (2001), Musaleo! (2005) and Msimu wa Vipepeo (2007).
Mikhail D. Gromov, Ph.D. (1993), Doctor of Letters (2005) in Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences, is currently the Associate Professor of Swahili and Literature at the United States International University in Nairobi. He has published a number of works on modern Swahili literature.
Said A.M. Khamis is Professor of African Literatures in African languages at the University of Bayreuth Germany. He has taught in a number of academic institutions, a.o. in Zanzibar, Eldoret and Nairobi (Kenya) and in Osaka (Japan). He has written extensively on Swahili structure and linguistics, Swahili literature and culture, and has published creative works, including poetry, plays, novels and short stories.
Kyallo Wadi Wamitila, Ph.D. (1999), University of Bayreuth, is a Researcher and Senior Lecturer at the University of Nairobi. He has published extensively on Swahili Literature and Language. Among his many publications are his three novels that have won him The Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature: Nguvu ya Sala (2001), Musaleo! (2005) and Msimu wa Vipepeo (2007).
Readership
All those interested in modern African literatures and culture, particularly literatures in African languages, as well as generally in modern African culture and modern literary techniques.
Reviews
Praise for the first edition:
'...a significant contribution to the study of modern Swahili literature. It will be particularly useful as secondary material for literary research...brings together a wealth of information.'
Alamin Mazrui, Research in African Literatures, 21
'...sollte zur Ausstattung eines jeden Swahilisten gehören.'
Gudrun Miehe, Afrika und Übersee, 1991
'...a work of a high professional standard...'
Jaroslav Černý, Archív Orientální, 1991
'The book is a precious treasure not only in so far as the contents are concerned, but also because of the Bibliography and Appendices.'
S.A.K. Mlacha, MAT, 1991
'...a very creative incentive for further research in this area and a valuable contribution in its own right.'
Viera Pawliková-Vilhanová, Asian and African Studies, 1992
'...Ihr Engagement verdient um so mehr Anerkennung, als die Erfassung sowie Beschaffung der Veröffentlichungen aus Ostafrika ein schwieriges Unterfangen ist...'
K. Legère, Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 1994
'[A] thoroughly detailed survey...'
P.J.L. Frankl, Zeitschrift der Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 1991
'...a significant contribution to the study of modern Swahili literature. It will be particularly useful as secondary material for literary research...brings together a wealth of information.'
Alamin Mazrui, Research in African Literatures, 21
'...sollte zur Ausstattung eines jeden Swahilisten gehören.'
Gudrun Miehe, Afrika und Übersee, 1991
'...a work of a high professional standard...'
Jaroslav Černý, Archív Orientální, 1991
'The book is a precious treasure not only in so far as the contents are concerned, but also because of the Bibliography and Appendices.'
S.A.K. Mlacha, MAT, 1991
'...a very creative incentive for further research in this area and a valuable contribution in its own right.'
Viera Pawliková-Vilhanová, Asian and African Studies, 1992
'...Ihr Engagement verdient um so mehr Anerkennung, als die Erfassung sowie Beschaffung der Veröffentlichungen aus Ostafrika ein schwieriges Unterfangen ist...'
K. Legère, Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 1994
'[A] thoroughly detailed survey...'
P.J.L. Frankl, Zeitschrift der Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 1991
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