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Set in Zanzibar in 1961, shortly before the revolution of 1964 that put an end to the wealth and privilege of the upper class. Written by a noted Zanzibari novelist whose family perished in the revolution. He later moved to Nairobi where he resumed…

The nineteenth century saw the rise of a written poetic tradition that moved toward the secular, with everyday issues of social and political interest captured in verse. Perhaps the most notable poet whose works exemplified this trend was Muyaka wa…

This work is inspired by farmers in southern Saudi Arabia , Furthermore She is wearing traditional clothing and the colors are chosen from the same environment.

Bird's Eye View of the City of Lawrence, Kansas

The author provides a thought provoking literary history of the normative ideal of polygamy from the late Ming to the late Qing, countering the ideal with the theme of sublime love between two people. McMahon argues that the fantasies of polygamy had…

Illustration of Manchester Martyrs, captioned "God Save Ireland", facing page 38.

Utenzi wa vita vya uhuru, composed by the noted and prolific Tanzanian author, Shaaban Robert, is possibly the longest utenzi poem ever written. In 3,000 stanzas, Robert recounts the events of World War II from the German invasion of Czechoslovakia…

Abridged Swahili translation of Haggard’s King Solomon’s Mines.

Call Number: PR4731 .K5 S9 1948