Lyndon Harries
Biographic Data
| ID | 84955 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lyndon Harries |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lyndon |
| FAMILY NAME | Harries |
| SIGNATURE | HARRIES L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1940 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Swahili Chronicle of Ngazija
African Language Structures
The syntax of Swahili locative affixes
The nationalization of Swahili in Kenya
The decree of 4 July, 1974, by President Kenyatta, proclaiming Swahili as the national language of Kenya is discussed with reference to questions of feasibility and expediency. The alternatives to the President's decree are considered, and reasons for the decision are suggested.Comparison of the status of Swahili in the capital cities of Kenya (Nairobi) and Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) is made to illustrate the special difficulties confronting the Ke…
Semantic Fit in Riddles
SEMANTIC FIT IN RIDDLES is comparable in some ways to the point of a joke, and is as difficult to discuss. In my tentative definition of the riddle genre in Africa, the so-called and (my Precedent and Sequent) were said to have features.' The term semantic refers to the meaning or meanings shared by both expressions. My attempt to achieve a strictly formal definition purposely excluded descriptive features which can be filled in by the folklorist…
On the deep structure of Riddles
Shaaban Robert: Man of Letters
La Legende du Passe: Traditions Orales du Burundi
A Comparative Dictionary of Maltese Proverbs
Syntactic features of Swahili sentences
Tendi: Six Examples of a Swahili Classical Verse Form
The Riddle in Africa
THE RIDDLE IS ONE of the most important forms of oral art in Africa; yet it remains undefined and for the most part undescribed. What features lead us identify certain verbal expressions from many different languages as riddles? What grounds do we have for providing numerous African terms with such English equivalents as to pose a riddle, to solve a riddle, when even in English the riddle is not satisfactorily defined? On what basis do we identif…
The literary riddle in Swahili
[Makonde]
Language Policy in Tanzania
Opening ParagraphIt is generally understood that Swahili is the official national language of the Republic of Tanzania. Perhaps because the concept of a national language has never been clearly defined within the Tanzanian context, there is some misunderstanding in the minds of many Tanzanian citizens as to the factual linguistic situation in their country. Certainly at the time when the country became independent and Swahili was first proclaimed…
The Teaching of Swahili
Language and Law in Tanzania
For three years work has been in progress by a committee in Dar es Salaam on the compilation of a list of Swahili equivalents for legal expressions in order that the Swahili translation of existing statutes and the drafting in Swahili of new statutes could proceed apace. Professor A. B. Weston, Dean of the Law School in Dar, has described this project in the Journal of the Institute of Swahili Research, Vol. 35/2, September, 1965. In December, 19…
The Arabs and Swahili Culture
Opening ParagraphSwahili culture can be roughly defined as the culture of the Swahili-speaking peoples of the East African coast whose activities show features of Perso-Arabian origin, features that are foreign to the culture of other Bantu peoples of East Africa. It cannot be described simply as Bantu culture plus Perso-Arabian elements, for some Swahilis have excluded from their way of life anything that can be labelled as Bantu; they may have …
Infinitive in Swahili. By Karel F. Růžička. Archiv Orientální, vol. xxiv, nos. 1 and 2. Prague: Oriental Institute, 1956.
Swahili Lessons. By Ernest B. Haddon. combridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1954. Pp. 245. 15 s .
Cultural verse-forms in Swahili
SYNOPSIS From earlier manuscripts, mostly in Arabic script, different types of verse‐form are identified in the following study of Swahili poetry. The formal quatrain is shown to have been the most popular form when Swahili poetry was at its best, in the middle and second half of the last century. The author provides examples of what were probably much older verse‐forms, especially long‐measure verse. An example is given from the earliest extant …
Swahill Lessons
Swahill Lessons Get access Swahill Lessons. Ernest B. Haddon, W. Heffer and Sons Ltd., Cambridge. 15s. Lyndon Harries Lyndon Harries Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 217, October 1955, Pages 326–327, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a094351 Published: 01 October 1955
Two Important Swahili Translations
Dialogue Verse in Swahili
Dialogue verse in Swahili (mashairi ya kujibizana) has not hitherto been brought to the notice of Western students of the language. Examples were collected by scholars like Taylor and Werner, but were not prepared for publication. Yet this type of verse is one of the few literary exercises still practised by Swahili writers in the vernacular press. Modern Swahili verse fails to retain the variety of theme and prosodic form of the earlier poetry, …
Survey of African Marriage and Family Life
Survey of African Marriage and Family Life
The Arabs and Swahili Culture
Opening ParagraphSwahili culture can be roughly defined as the culture of the Swahili-speaking peoples of the East African coast whose activities show features of Perso-Arabian origin, features that are foreign to the culture of other Bantu peoples of East Africa. It cannot be described simply as Bantu culture plus Perso-Arabian elements, for some Swahilis have excluded from their way of life anything that can be labelled as Bantu; they may have …
Some riddles of the Mwera people
Makua song‐riddles from the initiation rites
1942). Makua song‐riddles from the initiation rites. African Studies: Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 27-46
The nationalization of Swahili in Kenya
The decree of 4 July, 1974, by President Kenyatta, proclaiming Swahili as the national language of Kenya is discussed with reference to questions of feasibility and expediency. The alternatives to the President's decree are considered, and reasons for the decision are suggested.Comparison of the status of Swahili in the capital cities of Kenya (Nairobi) and Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) is made to illustrate the special difficulties confronting the Ke…
A Swahili takhmis: From the Swahili - Arabic text
SYNOPSIS Traditional Swahili verse shows the marked influence of Arabian prosodic forms. The following poem is illustrative of a popular verse‐pattern borrowed from Arabian models. The original manuscript was written in the Swahili‐Arabic script, from which the transliteration is made. The subject‐matter is especially fitting in an African context, though prayers in verse‐form for rain are included within the Arabian literary tradition
Popular Verse of the Swahili Tradition
In countries where conditions favour the preservation of manuscripts and books, the survival value of much of the literature may not be directly related to its popularity. Unpopular works may remain neglected for long periods and then regain favour; but in the conditions which have prevailed in East Africa, only those literary works receiving the continued favour of the people have had any chance of survival at all. There have been no library sta…
Some riddles of the Makua people
An Outline of Maŵiha Grammar
The Riddle in Africa
THE RIDDLE IS ONE of the most important forms of oral art in Africa; yet it remains undefined and for the most part undescribed. What features lead us identify certain verbal expressions from many different languages as riddles? What grounds do we have for providing numerous African terms with such English equivalents as to pose a riddle, to solve a riddle, when even in English the riddle is not satisfactorily defined? On what basis do we identif…
Some tonal principles of the Kikuyu language
1954). Some tonal principles of the Kikuyu language. African Studies: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 41-44
Swahili Epic Literature
The Swahili people are unique among the Bantu of East Africa in possessing an heritage of written literature of considerable range and antiquity. The earliest reasonably authentic examples consist of mashairi, song-poems, attributed to Liongo Fumo, prince of Ozi, c. A.D. 1150-1200. Many of the well-known mashairi were impromptu compositions of the minstrels who vied with one another at the songtourneys
On the deep structure of Riddles
Syntactic features of Swahili sentences
The literary riddle in Swahili
[Makonde]
Cultural verse-forms in Swahili
SYNOPSIS From earlier manuscripts, mostly in Arabic script, different types of verse‐form are identified in the following study of Swahili poetry. The formal quatrain is shown to have been the most popular form when Swahili poetry was at its best, in the middle and second half of the last century. The author provides examples of what were probably much older verse‐forms, especially long‐measure verse. An example is given from the earliest extant …
Two Important Swahili Translations
Strung Pearls: A Poem from the Swahili-Arabic Text
The Swahili poet, Sayyid 'Umar bin Amin bin 'Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al-Ahdal, Kadhi of Siu, c.a.d. 1856, left a number of poems upon religious themes. These include the best acrostic poems in traditional Swahili literature, e.g. Waji-waji, written in takhmis verse-form.The title of the present work is given in the last verse: ya dura mandhuma, a Swahili form of the Arabic al-Durr al-Manẓum, or 'Strung Pearls'. The manuscript copy, pasted on two…
African Systems of Kinship and Marriage
Journal Article African Systems of Kinship and Marriage Get access African Systems of Kinship and Marriage. Edited by A. R. Radcliffe-Brown and Daryll Forde. London: Oxford University Press (Geoffrey Cumberlege). 1951. Pp. 391. 35/-. LYNDON HARRIES LYNDON HARRIES Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 50, Issue 199, April 1951, Pages 162–163, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a0…
An Outline of Maŵiha Grammar
Maŵiha Texts
Makua song‐riddles from the initiation rites
1942). Makua song‐riddles from the initiation rites. African Studies: Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 27-46
Some riddles of the Makua people
Bishop Lucas and the Masasi Experiment
Some riddles of the Mwera people
A Poem from Siu from the Swahili-Arabic text
Among the ancient towns of the Swahili coast Siu is reputed to be one of the oldest. Stigand wrote: "The people of Siu claim that their town is older than that of Pate." The poem that follows was written by Sayyid 'Umar bin Amin bin 'Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al-Ahdal, who lived at Siu as Kadhi during the time of Mohammad bin Mataka and when Sayyid Majid, the Sultan of Zanzibar, attacked Siu in A.h. 1273 (A.d. 1856). The composer left a number of …
Swahili Epic Literature
The Swahili people are unique among the Bantu of East Africa in possessing an heritage of written literature of considerable range and antiquity. The earliest reasonably authentic examples consist of mashairi, song-poems, attributed to Liongo Fumo, prince of Ozi, c. A.D. 1150-1200. Many of the well-known mashairi were impromptu compositions of the minstrels who vied with one another at the songtourneys
African Systems of Kinship and Marriage
Journal Article African Systems of Kinship and Marriage Get access African Systems of Kinship and Marriage. Edited by A. R. Radcliffe-Brown and Daryll Forde. London: Oxford University Press (Geoffrey Cumberlege). 1951. Pp. 391. 35/-. LYNDON HARRIES LYNDON HARRIES Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 50, Issue 199, April 1951, Pages 162–163, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a0…
What Would You Do? When Christian Ethics Conflict With Standards of Non-Christian Cultures
What Would You Do? When Christian Ethics Conflict With Standards of Non-Christian Cultures Get access What Would You Do? When Christian Ethics Conflict With Standards of Non-Christian Cultures. Daniel J. Fleming. Friendship Press, New York, 1949. $2.25. The Bible and Polygamy. Geoffrey Parrinder. London, S.P.C.K., 1950. 2/6. LYNDON HARRIES LYNDON HARRIES Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Vol…
Some tonal principles of the Kikuyu language
1954). Some tonal principles of the Kikuyu language. African Studies: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 41-44
Marriage in a Changing Society
Marriage in a Changing Society Get access Marriage in a Changing Society. J.A. Barnes. Rhodes-Livingstone Papers No.20. O.U.P. LYNDON HARRIES LYNDON HARRIES Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 51, Issue 203, April 1952, Pages 165–166, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a094065 Published: 01 April 1952
Popular Verse of the Swahili Tradition
In countries where conditions favour the preservation of manuscripts and books, the survival value of much of the literature may not be directly related to its popularity. Unpopular works may remain neglected for long periods and then regain favour; but in the conditions which have prevailed in East Africa, only those literary works receiving the continued favour of the people have had any chance of survival at all. There have been no library sta…
A Swahili takhmis: From the Swahili - Arabic text
SYNOPSIS Traditional Swahili verse shows the marked influence of Arabian prosodic forms. The following poem is illustrative of a popular verse‐pattern borrowed from Arabian models. The original manuscript was written in the Swahili‐Arabic script, from which the transliteration is made. The subject‐matter is especially fitting in an African context, though prayers in verse‐form for rain are included within the Arabian literary tradition
Survey of African Marriage and Family Life
Strung Pearls: A Poem from the Swahili-Arabic Text
The Swahili poet, Sayyid 'Umar bin Amin bin 'Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al-Ahdal, Kadhi of Siu, c.a.d. 1856, left a number of poems upon religious themes. These include the best acrostic poems in traditional Swahili literature, e.g. Waji-waji, written in takhmis verse-form.The title of the present work is given in the last verse: ya dura mandhuma, a Swahili form of the Arabic al-Durr al-Manẓum, or 'Strung Pearls'. The manuscript copy, pasted on two…
Two Important Swahili Translations
Dialogue Verse in Swahili
Dialogue verse in Swahili (mashairi ya kujibizana) has not hitherto been brought to the notice of Western students of the language. Examples were collected by scholars like Taylor and Werner, but were not prepared for publication. Yet this type of verse is one of the few literary exercises still practised by Swahili writers in the vernacular press. Modern Swahili verse fails to retain the variety of theme and prosodic form of the earlier poetry, …
Swahill Lessons
Swahill Lessons Get access Swahill Lessons. Ernest B. Haddon, W. Heffer and Sons Ltd., Cambridge. 15s. Lyndon Harries Lyndon Harries Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 217, October 1955, Pages 326–327, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a094351 Published: 01 October 1955
Swahili Lessons. By Ernest B. Haddon. combridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1954. Pp. 245. 15 s .
Cultural verse-forms in Swahili
SYNOPSIS From earlier manuscripts, mostly in Arabic script, different types of verse‐form are identified in the following study of Swahili poetry. The formal quatrain is shown to have been the most popular form when Swahili poetry was at its best, in the middle and second half of the last century. The author provides examples of what were probably much older verse‐forms, especially long‐measure verse. An example is given from the earliest extant …
Infinitive in Swahili. By Karel F. Růžička. Archiv Orientální, vol. xxiv, nos. 1 and 2. Prague: Oriental Institute, 1956.
The Arabs and Swahili Culture
Opening ParagraphSwahili culture can be roughly defined as the culture of the Swahili-speaking peoples of the East African coast whose activities show features of Perso-Arabian origin, features that are foreign to the culture of other Bantu peoples of East Africa. It cannot be described simply as Bantu culture plus Perso-Arabian elements, for some Swahilis have excluded from their way of life anything that can be labelled as Bantu; they may have …
Language and Law in Tanzania
For three years work has been in progress by a committee in Dar es Salaam on the compilation of a list of Swahili equivalents for legal expressions in order that the Swahili translation of existing statutes and the drafting in Swahili of new statutes could proceed apace. Professor A. B. Weston, Dean of the Law School in Dar, has described this project in the Journal of the Institute of Swahili Research, Vol. 35/2, September, 1965. In December, 19…
The Teaching of Swahili
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