{"product_id":"an-azanian-trio-three-east-african-arabic-historical-documents-9789004395183","title":"An Azanian Trio: Three East African Arabic Historical Documents","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Azanian Trio offers an account of early Arab involvement in and knowledge of East African history and culture. All three manuscripts originated in East Africa and hence reflect the influence of Swahili and other local languages. They cover two millennia of South Arabian and East African History from the early Himyaritic period to the beginning of the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An Azanian Trio begins to fill a gap in the translation and publication of written local sources for those who research East African history and it sheds light on the pre-Islamic past of the Swahili coast.[...] The editors and translators of An Azanian Trio have done something that archaeologists and historians of East Africa have long needed; not only have they provided new translations of historical sources, but they have also relaunched a forgotten field of study.\" - Anna Rita Coppola, in: Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 56:1 (2021), 147-14","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210771816791,"sku":"9789004395183","price":121.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-azanian-trio-three-east-african-arabic-historical-documents-9789004395183","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}