num_pages: 160
description: "As an introduction to how the history of an African society can be reconstructed from largely nonliterate sources, and to the Swahili in particular, . . . a model work."--International Journal of African Historical Studies
language: English
title: The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 8-15
titlecomplete: The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 8-15 (The Ethnohistory Series)
genres: Africa, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 14
publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press