Muhamadi Kijuma
Subtitle: texts from the Dammann Papers and other collections
By: Gudrun Miehe & Clarissa Vierke in collaboration with Sauda Barwani and Ahmed S. Nabahany
Contributors: Hichens, William, -1944; Miehe, Gudrun; Vierke, Clarissa; Barwani, Sauda A.; Nabhany, Ahmed Sheikh, 1927-; Dammann, Ernst, 1904-2003
Series: Archiv afrikanistischer Manuskripte -- Band 9; Archiv afrikanistischer Manuskripte -- Bd. 9.
Publisher: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Köln
Language: eng; swa
Number of pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9783896451743
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Correspondence
Notes: Texts include letters, poems and chronicles. Includes poetry and correspondence of Muhamadi Kijuma, as well as correspondence to him from Ernst Dammann (in English translation) and William Hichens; and an introduction on the history of research into Swahili poetic traditions up to the mid-20th century; and biographical information on Kijuma.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-518) and index.

Texts in Swahili (facsimiles of Ajami manuscripts followed by romanized version) with English translations; introduction and notes in English; and translations into English of German translations from the original Swahili; as well as translations into English from the original German..