Sufi poetry in Somali : its themes and imagery

Somalia has been a Muslim country probably for over a thousand years and has a well developed Sufi movement which plays an important social role and has been a stimulus to creativity in the field of poetry composed both in Arabic and in Somali. Somali Sufis have always regarded Arabic, the sacred la...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mohamed, A. Y.
Published: SOAS, University of London 1977
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.465942