Swahili Origins: Swahili Culture and the Shungwaya Phenomenon, by James de Vere Allen
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عنوان ژورنال: Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies
سال: 1992
ISSN: 2150-5802,0041-5715
DOI: 10.5070/f7203016760