Four Centuries of Swahili Verse A LITERARY HISTORY AND ANTHOLOGY by JAN KNAPPERT الكتب خان First published in 1919

First published in 1919

The birth of Qur'anic calligraphy was a major event in the early history of Islam

An esteemed sociologist and human rights campaigner

The present work takes the form of a personal narrative of the voyage

and here reproduced in fine facsimile

Four Centuries of Swahili Verse A LITERARY HISTORY AND ANTHOLOGY by JAN KNAPPERT الكتب خان First published in 1919Published by Darf in 1988 ISBN: 9781850771814 Format: Hardback No one makes lasting things, What the Lord makes will stay. Jan Knappert quotes a self effacing Swahili poet in his Introduction, pointing out the difficulties of penning down the history of Swahili poetry. With a modesty that would have been admired by many of the poets for whom he is translating, Dr Knappert asserts that it cannot yet be completely done. Four Centuries of Swahili Verse