Name: 'Stringing Coral Beads': The Religious Poetry of Brava (C. 1890-1975): A Source Publication of Chimiini Texts and English Translations (in Swahili)
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Author: Vianello, Alessandra ; Vianello, Alessandra ; Kapteijns, Lidwien
ISBN: 9789004362888

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'Stringing Coral Beads': The Religious Poetry of Brava (C. 1890-1975): A Source Publication of Chimiini Texts and English Translations (in Swahili)

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Brill

Author

Vianello, Alessandra ; Vianello, Alessandra ; Kapteijns, Lidwien

Language

Swahili

Pages

858

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.4 x 15.5 x 4.6 cm

Weight

1.16 kg.

ISBN13

9789004362888

Synopsis "'Stringing Coral Beads': The Religious Poetry of Brava (C. 1890-1975): A Source Publication of Chimiini Texts and English Translations (in Swahili)"

This book presents fifty-one didactic and devotional Sufi poems (with English translations) composed by the ulama of Brava, on Somalia's Benadir coast, in Chimiini, a Bantu language related to Swahili and unique to the town. Because the six ulama-poets, among whom two women, guided local believers towards correct beliefs and behaviours in reference to specific authoritative religious texts, the poems allow insight into their authors' religious education, affiliations, in which the Qādiriyyah and Aḥmadiyyah took pride of place, and regional connections. Because the poems refer to local people, places, events, and livelihoods, they also bring into view the uniquely local dimension of Islam in this small East African port city in this time-period.

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