Mugane, John M., <br/><br/>
The story of Swahili / 
John M. Mugane. 
 - xiv, 324 pages :   illustrations, maps ;   24 cm. 
 - Africa in world history .
 - Africa in world history. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index. 
<br/><br/>  Swahili, a language alive --   Swahili, the complex language of a c osmopolitan people --   A grand smorgasbord of borrowings and adaptati on --   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 i n Arabic characters --   Colonialism and standardization of Swahili, 1 850s to the 1960s and beyond --   Modern Swahili : moving on --   Swa hili in African American life --   Swahili is for the living. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780896802926 (hbk. : acidfree paper) 9780896802933 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015-014795 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Swahili language-- History.<br/> Swahili language-- Social aspects.<br/> Swahili-speaking peoples-- History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>496.392