Name: The Story of Swahili (en Inglés)
Price: 43220.00 CLP
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Author: Mugane, John M.
ISBN: 9780896802933

portada The Story of Swahili (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

John M. Mugane

Editorial

Ohio University Press

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

332

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.6 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm

Peso

0.48 kg.

ISBN13

9780896802933

Categorías

Kiswahili (suajili)
Lingüística
Enseñanza y aprendizaje de lenguas
Historia general y del mundo

The Story of Swahili (en Inglés)

John M. Mugane (Autor) · Ohio University Press · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "The Story of Swahili (en Inglés)"

Swahili was once an obscure dialect of an East African Bantu language. Today more than one hundred million people use it: Swahili is to eastern and central Africa what English is to the world. From its embrace in the 1960s by the black freedom movement in the United States to its adoption in 2004 as the African Union's official language, Swahili has become a truly international language. How this came about and why, of all African languages, it happened only to Swahili is the story that John M. Mugane sets out to explore. The remarkable adaptability of Swahili has allowed Africans and others to tailor the language to their needs, extending its influence far beyond its place of origin. Its symbolic as well as its practical power has evolved from its status as a language of contact among diverse cultures, even as it embodies the history of communities in eastern and central Africa and throughout the Indian Ocean world. The Story of Swahili calls for a reevaluation of the widespread assumption that cultural superiority, military conquest, and economic dominance determine a language's prosperity. This sweeping history gives a vibrant, living language its due, highlighting its nimbleness from its beginnings to its place today in the fast-changing world of global communication.