Swahili Forum in its 10th year – now online

The steady growth of research, teaching and publishing over the last twenty years on all continents has made Swahilistics a well established and much differentiated sub-discipline within African studies. Its object is the study of the language, literature, society, culture and history of the Swahili-speaking populations in East Africa and the diaspora and the usage of the language in transnational institutions and the internet.

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Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln
Published
2025-04-02
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18716/ojs/aaeo/2004_3491
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Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
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Swahili Forum in its 10th year – now online

Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln
Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
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Swahili Forum in its 10th year – now online

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Abstract

The steady growth of research, teaching and publishing over the last twenty years on all continents has made Swahilistics a well established and much differentiated sub-discipline within African studies. Its object is the study of the language, literature, society, culture and history of the Swahili-speaking populations in East Africa and the diaspora and the usage of the language in transnational institutions and the internet.

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Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
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