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Muyaka: 19th Century Swahili Popular Poetry Mohamed H. Abdulaziz,al-Ghassānī Muyāka ibn Hājjī No preview available - 1979 |
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| Title | Muyaka: 19th Century Swahili Popular Poetry |
| Authors | Mohamed H. Abdulaziz, al-Ghassānī Muyāka ibn Hājjī |
| Publisher | Kenya Literature Bureau, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Oct 2, 2007 |
| Length | 340 pages |
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