"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
- ISBN10 1512821667
- ISBN13 9781512821666
- Publish Date 10 June 2017 (first published April 1985)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 160
- Language English