Swahili Origins: Swahili Culture and the Shungwaya Phenomenon

Abstract

Preface by J. Middleton - Foreword: The Problem of Swahili Identity - The Earliest Coastal Settlements - Schungwaya: the Setting - Early Trade & Trade-Routes - Swahili Tr aditions & Metaphors - Segeju Traditions - Shirazi Tra ditions & the Composition of Shungwaya - Great Shungwa ya & its Successor States - The First Swahili Diaspora & the Coming of Islam - Shirazi Islam & the Shira zi & Arab-Wangwana Modes of Dominance - Shungwaya &amp the Swahili Settlement - Afterword: Swahili Idenitity Re considered - Bibliography