Literature by the same author
plus at Google Scholar

Bibliografische Daten exportieren
 

The Poem about the Prophet’s Death in Mozambique : Swahili as a Transregional Language of Islamic Poetry

Title data

Vierke, Clarissa ; Mutiua, Chapane:
The Poem about the Prophet’s Death in Mozambique : Swahili as a Transregional Language of Islamic Poetry.
In: Journal for Islamic Studies. Vol. 38 (2020) Issue 2 . - pp. 44-74.
ISSN 0257-7062

Official URL: Volltext

Abstract in another language

This article throws light on the hitherto neglected Swahili Islamic poetry from Mozambique. By concentrating on the Poem about the Prophet’s Death, locally called Nazajina, our contribution shows specific adaptations to local language and recitation practices while at the same time reflecting on Swahili as a transregional language of Islamic poetry that links places on the Swahili coast that are distant from each other. Manuscripts of the poem can be found all along the East African Swahili coast. We will follow its distribution from the Lamu archipelago in the north to Mozambique, in the trail of the Sufi reform movements of the nineteenth century.

Further data

Item Type: Article in a journal
Refereed: Yes
Keywords: Swahili poetry; manuscript culture; Indian Ocean; literary cosmopolis; Sufi reform movements
Institutions of the University: Faculties > Faculty of Languages and Literature > Professor Literatures in African Languages > Professor Literatures in African Languages - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Clarissa Vierke
Result of work at the UBT: Yes
DDC Subjects: 400 Language > 490 Other languages
800 Literature > 800 Literature, rhetoric, criticism
800 Literature > 890 Other literatures
Date Deposited: 24 Jul 2024 12:01
Last Modified: 24 Jul 2024 12:01
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/90077