The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800-1500 - Paperback

by Derek Nurse (Author), Thomas Spear (Author)

"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

Author Biography

Derek Nurse is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Thomas Spear is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.