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OverviewAn Azanian Trio offers an account of early Arab involvement in and knowledge of East African history and culture. All three manuscripts originated in East Africa and hence reflect the influence of Swahili and other local languages. They cover two millennia of South Arabian and East African History from the early Himyaritic period to the beginning of the 20th century. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James McL. Ritchie , Sigvard von SicardPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Weight: 0.639kg ISBN: 9789004395183ISBN 10: 9004395180 Pages: 314 Publication Date: 19 December 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAn Azanian Trio begins to fill a gap in the translation and publication of written local sources for those who research East African history and it sheds light on the pre-Islamic past of the Swahili coast.[...] The editors and translators of An Azanian Trio have done something that archaeologists and historians of East Africa have long needed; not only have they provided new translations of historical sources, but they have also relaunched a forgotten field of study. - Anna Rita Coppola, in: Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 56:1 (2021), 147-14 """An Azanian Trio begins to fill a gap in the translation and publication of written local sources for those who research East African history and it sheds light on the pre-Islamic past of the Swahili coast.[...] The editors and translators of An Azanian Trio have done something that archaeologists and historians of East Africa have long needed; not only have they provided new translations of historical sources, but they have also relaunched a forgotten field of study."" - Anna Rita Coppola, in: Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 56:1 (2021), 147-14" Author InformationJames McL Ritchie (1917-2016) graduated from Edinburgh University with a M.A., B.D. and subsequently earned the MPhil. He published The History of the Mazru‘i Dynasty of Mombasa by Shaykh al-Amin bin ’Ali al-Mazru‘i (Fontes Historiae Africanae, Series Arabica XI, British Academy,1995). Sigvard von Sicard (1930-2021) graduated from Uppsala University with a BA, BD., ThD and taught at University of Birmingham. His publications include The Lutheran Church on the Coast of Tanzania 1887-1914 (Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, 1970), articles in the Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd Ed.) on al-Murdjibi, Muslimun, Muslims in Tanzania, Muslims in Uganda. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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