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Utendi wa kutawafu Nabii. English and Swahili A poem concerning the death of the prophet Muhammad = Utendi wa kutawafu Nabii: a traditional Swahili epic, with transliteration, translation, and notes on the reading of Swahili manuscripts in Arabic script for advanced students
Utendi wa kutawafu Nabii, a characteristic example of the utenzi tradition in its early expression, commemorates the life of the prophet and includes his final message to the faithful before being visited by the angel of death. The poem exemplifies…
Utenzi wa zinduko la ujamaa [Poems of the establishment of ujamaa]
Utenzi wa zinduko la ujamaa is one of several political poems written in the 1970’s following the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar under one government to form the Republic of Tanzania. The author describes the establishment of the socialist system…
Kansas Daily Tribune
A front page article contains the text of an oration by Charles Robinson, delivered ten days earlier, July 4, on the free state/pro-slavery debate.
Fighting Fire for Thirty-Three Years: Comprising a history of Herring's patent Champion Safes
Testimonial from A. Storm & Co., page 126.
Photo of Lathrop Bullene, and telegram to him from W.M. Johnson.
W. M. Johnson telegram to Lathrop Bullene, sent from Leavenworth, Kansas.