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

This book presents Sufi poems from Brava (on Somalia's Benadir coast) in the town's vernacular (Chimiini). They allow insight into their authors' intellectual world and show how the common people of this East African port city lived and learned Islam.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Lidwien Kapteijns (Editor), Mohamed Kassim (Editor), Alessandra Vianello (Editor), Lidwien Kapteijns (Translation), Mohamed Kassim (Translation), Alessandra Vianello (Translation)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.08.2018
• EAN: 9789004362888
• ISBN: 978-90-04-36288-8
• No. of pages: 858
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 46 mm
• Weight: 1157 g
• Series: African Sources for African Hi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous