In This Fragile World (original) (raw)

Foreword
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors

Introduction
Annachiara Raia and Clarissa Vierke

Part 1 Poetry as Intellectual Practice

Ustadh Mahmoud Mau, Mtu wa watu (“A Man of the People”): Poet, Imam, and Engaged Local Intellectual
Kai Kresse and Kadara Swaleh

Shaping and Being Shaped by Lamu Society: Ustadh Mau’s Poetry in the Context of Swahili Poetic Practice
Jasmin Mahazi

“Born on the Island”: Situating Ustadh Mau’s Poetic Practice in Context
Clarissa Vierke

Seeking ʿilm on Lamu: Ustadh Mau’s Library and Services for the Benefit of His Community
Annachiara Raia

How Ought We to Live? The Ethical and the Poetic in Ustadh Mahmoud Mau’s Poetry
Clarissa Vierke

Mabanati in Search of an Author: Portable Reform Texts and Multimodal Narrative Media among Swahili Muslim Communities
Annachiara Raia

Part 2 Poems by Ustadh Mau

Introduction to Part 2

Jamii: Topical Issues on Lamu
1 Amu (“Lamu”)
2 Bandari ina mawimbi (“The Port Makes Waves”)
3 Jahazi (“The Dhow”)
4 Tupijeni makamama (“Let Us Embrace”)

Ilimu: The Importance of Education
1 Mwalimu (“Teacher”)
2 Kilio huliya mwenye (“Change Begins at Home”)
3 Kiswahili (“Swahili”)
4 Za Washirazi athari (“The Influence of the Persians”)

Huruma: Social Roles and Responsibility
1 Mama msimlaumu (“Don’t Blame My Mother”)
2 Jilbabu (“Veil”)
3 Mchezo Wa Kuigiza (“Play”)
4 Haki za watoto (“Children’s Rights”)
5 Wasiya wa mabanati (“Advice to Young Women”)

Matukio: Biographical Poems
1 Hafi asiye timiwa (“No One Dies Before His Time Is Up”)
2 Mlango “The Door”

Maombi: Personal Poems of Supplication
1 Hapo zamani za yana (“Once Upon A Time”)
2 Tunda (“Fruit”)
3 Kipande cha ini (“Piece of My Liver”)
4 Mola zidisha baraka (“God Increase Your Blessings”)
5 Yasome na kukumbuka (“Read and Remember”)

References of Part 2
Index