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245 00 $aSwahili modernities :$bculture, politics, and identity on the east coast of Africa /$cedited by Pat Caplan and Farouk Topan.
260 $aTrenton, N.J. ;$aAsmara, Eritrea :$bAfrica World Press,$c2004.
300 $axiv, 235 p. ;$c22 cm.
500 $aPapers from a two day conference held in London, 2001.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction / Pat Caplan -- Modernity has been Swahili-ised : the case of Malindi / Susan Beckerleg -- Cultural pluralism in a coastal town of East Africa : a study of Bagamoyo / S.A.K. Mlacha -- "Struggling to be modern" : recent letters from Mafia Island / Pat Caplan -- Modernity and the meaning of development within the Mafia Island Marine Park, Tanzania / Christine J. Walley -- The monetization of matrimonial prestations in the Comorian Great Marriage / Francoise Le Guennec-Coppens -- Political violence, ethnicity and the agrarian question in Zanzibar / Greg Cameron -- Change, continuity and contestation : the politics of modern identities in Zanzibar / Kjersti Larsen -- "Going with the times" : conflicting Swahili norms and values today / Mohamed Ahmed Saleh -- Political poetry among the Swahili : the Kimondo verses from Lamu / Assibi A. Amidu -- Taarab songs as a reflection of the changing socio-political reality of the Swahili / Paul M. Musau -- Modernity or adaptability? The incorporation of foreign words into Swahili poetry / José Arturo Saavedra -- From Mwana Kupona to Mwavita : representations of female status in Swahili literature / Farouk Topan.
650 0 $aSwahili-speaking peoples$zAfrica, East$vCongresses.
650 0 $aSwahili-speaking peoples$xEthnic identity$vCongresses.
650 0 $aSwahili-speaking peoples$zAfrica, East$xSocial life and customs$vCongresses.
700 1 $aCaplan, Patricia.
700 1 $aTopan, Farouk.
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