East Africa
Kenya
Pre-colonial
Swahili
Epic Poem
A Swahili epic poem composed in Arabic script, narrating Islamic battles and embedding coastal East African poetics, memory, and literary form.
Literary Significance
Among the earliest known extended works of Swahili literature.
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editorial-summarynot primary textA Swahili epic poem composed in Arabic script, narrating Islamic battles and embedding coastal East African poetics, memory, and literary form. Among the earliest known extended works of Swahili literature.
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