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Dictionary of Literary Swahili New Edition
Author(s): Frans Wijsen (Editor), Harrie Tullemans
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2010
- Edition: New ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 684 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773437681
- ISBN-13: 9780773437685
Book Description
This dictionary is a body of great work, timely and comprehensive. It will be a great enhancement to the field of Swahili language, literature, and linguistics. This dictionary is a very serious piece of work which should be considered a most useful tool for students and scholars alike.
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This dictionary is a body of great work, timely and comprehensive. It will be a great enhancement to the field of Swahili language, literature, and linguistics. This dictionary is a very serious piece of work which should be considered a most useful tool for students and scholars alike.
About the Author
Dr. Tullemans Studied philosophy and theology at the Holy Ghost Seminary in Gemert, and Islam and Arabic at the Catholic University of Nijmegen where he obtained a Ph.D in 1982. He Studied Swahili (Kipalapala) and Luganda (Kampala) and held diverse pastoral, educational and medical positions in Tanzania and Uganda. Dr. Wijsen Worked in Tanzania from 1984 till 1988, since then he has conducted fieldwork in East Africa Africa Annuall. He is Professor of Interreligious Studies in the Faculty of Religious Studies, Professor of Mission Studies in the Faculty of Theology and Director of the Institute of Mission Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
