The arabic-afrikaans writing tradition
"The focus of this book is the Arabic-Afrikaans literary tradition of the Cape Muslim community. It looks at the emergence of this tradition at the Cape of Good Hope, as well as the social vehicles through which it emerged and through which it was in use. This is done through an examination of...
| Summary: | "The focus of this book is the Arabic-Afrikaans literary tradition of the Cape Muslim community. It looks at the emergence of this tradition at the Cape of Good Hope, as well as the social vehicles through which it emerged and through which it was in use. This is done through an examination of the literature, in the form of manuscripts and publications, it generated during the first hundred years of its existence.Importantly, the book looks at the development of the distinctive Arabic alphabet that local Arabic-Afrikaans authors used to convey accurately this community’s mother tongue."-- |
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| Item Description: | "With new introduction by Hein Willemse." First edition, The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims 1815 to 1915, published: Pretoria : Protea Bookhouse, 2011 Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-299) and index |
| Physical Description: | ix, 346 pages, Karten, Illustrationen, Faksimiles, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4314-3396-4 1-4314-3396-9 |
