'Stringing Coral Beads': The Religious Poetry of Brava (C. 1890-1975) - A Source Publication of Chimiini Texts and English Translations

This book presents fifty-one didactic and devotional Sufi poems (with English translations) composed by the ulama of Brava, on Somalia's Benadir coast, in Chimiini, a Bantu language related to Swahili and unique to the town. Because the six ulama-poets, among whom two women, guided local believers towards correct beliefs and behaviours in reference to specific authoritative religious texts, the poems allow insight into their authors' religious education, affiliations, in which the Qādiriyyah and Aḥmadiyyah took pride of place, and regional connections. Because the poems refer to local people, places, events, and livelihoods, they also bring into view the uniquely local dimension of Islam in this small East African port city in this time-period.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Alessandra Vianello, (Law degree, 1970) is an independent scholar and researcher. She has co-edited Servants of the Sharia. The Civil Register of the Qadis' Court of Brava 1893-1900 (Brill, 2006) and many book chapters and articles about the language and history of Brava.

Lidwien Kapteijns, Ph.D. History (1982), Wellesley College, is Professor of History at that institution. She has published several books, including two co-edited source publications, and many book chapters and articles about Somali and Sudanese history.

Mohamed M. Kassim, Ph.D. History (2008), Seneca College, is Professor of Computer Science at that institution. He has co-edited Servants of the Sharia. The Civil Register of the Qadis' Court of Brava 1893-1900 (Brill, 2006) and has published many book chapters and articles about the history of Brava.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Lidwien Kapteijns (Herausgeber), Mohamed Kassim (Herausgeber), Alessandra Vianello (Herausgeber), Lidwien Kapteijns (Übersetzung), Mohamed Kassim (Übersetzung), Alessandra Vianello (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Brill
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 16.08.2018
• EAN: 9789004362888
• ISBN: 978-90-04-36288-8
• Seiten: 858
• Abmessung: 155 mm x 234 mm x 46 mm
• Gewicht: 1157 g
• Serie: African Sources for African Hi
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges