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Kiswahili has become the lingua franca of eastern Africa. Yet there can be few historic peoples whose identity is as elusive as that of the Swahili. Some have described themselves as Arabs, as Persians or even, in one place, as Portuguese.

Swahili Origins

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    A Paperback by James De Vere Allen

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      Publisher: Univ of Chicago on Behalf of Ohio Univ Press
      Publication Date: 4/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780821410448, 978-0821410448
      ISBN10: 082141044X
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      Language: reference and general African history Society and culture: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Kiswahili has become the lingua franca of eastern Africa. Yet there can be few historic peoples whose identity is as elusive as that of the Swahili. Some have described themselves as Arabs, as Persians or even, in one place, as Portuguese.

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