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19th century Abdulla African Ahmed Bwana Coast culture dialect diction Diwani East Africa furaha Ghassani Gongwa gungu hata haya Hemed hemistich Hichens huzuni Imam jambo Jinga K'ongowea kama katika kazi Kiamu Kilindini Kimvita kuwa kwamba Lamu language Liwali maji Malindi mambo maneno maozi mashairi mato Mazrui Mazrui governors Mbari ya Mwinyi mbele Miji Miji Kenda Mji wa Kale Mohamed Mombasa moyo mt'u Mungu Muyaka Mvita Mwalimu Sikujua Mwana mwandani mwenyi Mwina nami ndani ndia Ndipo ndwele nguo nguvu nyama Omani Arabs Panda Pate Pemba poet poetic Portuguese Prosody refer rhyme Salim says Seyyid shairi Sheikh sichi siku sili simba Standard Swahili style Swahili language Swahili poetry Swahili verse Swahili/Arabic script syllables Taylor Papers theme town Tribes of Mombasa Twelve Tribes ulimwengu utenzi verses of Muyaka wako wala wana wangu watu waume wenye wewe words yangu zangu Zanzibar