Swahili Forum IX

edited by Rose-Marie Beck/ Lutz Diegner/ Thomas Geider/ Werner Graebner

ISSN 0178-725X

Editorial
In memoriam Ruth Mfumbwa Besha

Yahya Ali Omar & Annmarie Drury
The Swahili Manuscripts Project at SOAS.	9-17
Kineene wa Mutiso
Sufii al-Busiri.	19-24
Elena Bertoncini-Zúbková
When Grandfather Came to Life Again: Said Ahmed Mohamed's Novel "Babu alipofufuka" (2001) beyond realism.	25-33
Flavia Aiello Traoré
Investigating topics and style in "Vuta n'kuvute" by Shafi Adam Shafi.	35-41
Lutz Diegner
Allegories in Euphrase Kezilahabi's early novels.	43-74
Sonja Mezger
Roman Catholic faith represented in Kezilahabi's "Mzingile".	75-85
Lutz Marten
A lexical treatment for stem markers in Swahili.	87-100
Sofia Podobinska
How are directives formulated in Swahili? Strategy types and the status of the participants of an interaction.	101-123
P. Mbatha Mathooko
Kutoka lugha kienzo hadi lugha ya isimu: Matatizo yanayotinga Kiswahili kama lugha ya kufunzia isimu vyuoni vikuu nchini Kenya.	125-133
G. Kitula King'ei
The Swahilization of Kenya's socio-political culture.	135-142
John G. Kiango
Nafasi ya Kiswahili katika ujenzi wa jamii mpya ya Afrika Mashariki.	143-154
Nathan Oyori Ogechi
Utegemezi au utegemeano baina ya Kenya na Tanzania katika ukuzaji na uendelezaji wa Kiswahili nchini Kenya?	155-172
Thomas Geider
Swahili Bibliography Update and Contents of SWAHILI FORUM I-VII.	173-182

Review
Thomas Geider
Hoorweg, Jan, Dick Foeken & R. A. Obudho (eds.) 2000. Kenya Coast Handbook. Culture, Resources and Development in the East African Littoral. With a Preface by Prof. Ali A. Mazrui. Münster, Hamburg & London: Lit-Verlag.	183-186

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