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Spemann ( 2 ) Cambridge University Press ( 1 ) Government printer ( 1 ) Kegan, Trench, Trubner ( 1 ) Makanisa ya Kilutheri ya Tanganyika ( 1 ) Press of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( 1 ) Show More >> Subject: Topic Swahili poetry ( 341 ) Kiswahili mashairi ( 302 ) Islam ( 214 ) Uislamu ( 198 ) Religious belief ( 159 ) Faith ( 145 ) Imani za kidini ( 145 ) Oral tradition in literature ( 91 ) Prophet Mohammed ( 91 ) Afrika, Mashariki - Historia ( 78 ) Show More >> Subject: Geographic Area Africa ( 503 ) Swahili Coast ( 217 ) Kenya ( 186 ) Tanzania ( 68 ) Lamu ( 61 ) Mombasa ( 60 ) Lamu Island ( 52 ) Pate Island ( 46 ) Asia ( 41 ) Saudi Arabia ( 37 ) Show More >> Subject: Genre Poem ( 233 ) Poetry ( 229 ) Utenzi ( 123 ) Shairi ( 86 ) Shayari ( 84 ) Essays ( 79 ) Translation ( 51 ) Correspondence ( 50 ) Personal correspondence ( 50 ) Letter ( 49 ) Show More >>	381 Swahili Notes and Glosses (MS 47796a) Creator: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ) Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1935 AD (1354 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Vocabulary Kiswahili mashairi Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 382 Swahili poems (MS 305172a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast 383 Swahili Poems (MS 380558a) Creator: Sulemani, Omar ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast 384 Swahili Poems from Mombasa (MS 380527a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast 385 Swahili Poetry and Tales (MS 47756a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast 386 Swahili Prosody (MS 53502a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1954 ( Author, Primary ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ) Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1943 AD (1362 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Poetry Literary forms and genres Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Ushairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Translation 387 Swahili Prosody (MS 53504a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1950 ( Author, Primary ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ) Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1943 AD (1362 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Poetry Literary forms and genres Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Oral tradition in literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Translation Language: English 388 Swahili Prosody (MS 53505a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1951 ( Author, Primary ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ) Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1943 AD (1362 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Poetry Literary forms and genres Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Ushairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Translation Language: English 389 Swahili Prosody (MS 53826a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili prosody Swahili poetry Notes Kiswahili mashairi Swahili prose literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 390 Swahili Romantic and Religious Tales (MS 47706a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: 1912-1936 AD Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast 391 Swahili Songs (MS 380559a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast 392 Swahili songs (MS 53498c) Creator: [s.n.] Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Oral literature Oral tradition in literature Kiswahili mashairi Songs, Swahili Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Songs (LCTGM) Shairi Wimbo Shayari Nyimbo Language: Swahili 393 Swahili style : a study Creator: Maw, Joan ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1974 Publisher: School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London ( London ) Type: Book Format: vii, 77 pages ; 25 cm. Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: SOAS, University of London Subject Keyword: Swahili language -- Style Swahili language -- Syntax Swahili language Kiswahili -- Sinema Kiswahili Spatial Coverage: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London -- Camden -- Bloomsbury Language: English Swahili 394 Swahili Style and Standardization (PP MS 42. S/56-S/58) Creator: Ramadhani, J. A. ( Author, Primary ) Balisidya, M. L. Y. ( contributor ) Kopoka, O. B. ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili language Swahili language -- Standardization Nationalism Language development Swahili theatre Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 395 Swahili Syntax (MS 380623a) Creator: Harris, Lyndon ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1988 AD (1408 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili language Swahili Syntax Swahili language -- Grammar Swahili linguistics Linguistics Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Essays (LCGFT) 396 Swahili Tales-Vol. I (MS 54341a) Creator: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1890 AD (circa 1307 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Oral literature Riddles Proverbs Songs Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Shairi Wimbo Shayari Nyimbo Language: Swahili 397 Swahili Tales-Vol. II (A) (MS 54343a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1880 AD (circa 1297 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Short stories Tales Swahili Literature Chronicle Oral history Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 398 Swahili Tales-Vol. II (B) (MS 54343b) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1880 AD (circa 1297 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili Literature Short stories Tales Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 399 Swahili teaching-Report and Survey (PP MS 42. SL/42-SL/48) Creator: Cahill, William F. ( Author, Primary ) MacWilliam, A. M., Sister ( contributor ) Bagunywa, Arthur M. K. ( contributor ) Allen, J. W. T. ( contributor ) Bakhressa, Salim K. (Salim Khamis) ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1967-1968 AD (1387-1388 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili language Educational policy Language teaching Nationalism Vernacular language teaching Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 400 Swahili Traditional Histories and The Beni Dance Songs (PP MS 42. S/41-S/42) Creator: Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P. (Greville Stewart Parker) ( Author, Primary ) Lambert, H. E. ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1958, 1962 AD (1378, 1382 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Oral history Oral tradition in literature Swahili Literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Translation

381

Swahili Notes and Glosses (MS 47796a)

Creator:: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ); Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1935 AD (1354 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Vocabulary; Kiswahili mashairi; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

382

Swahili poems (MS 305172a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

383

Swahili Poems (MS 380558a)

Creator:: Sulemani, Omar ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

384

Swahili Poems from Mombasa (MS 380527a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

385

Swahili Poetry and Tales (MS 47756a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

386

Swahili Prosody (MS 53502a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1954 ( Author, Primary ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ); Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1943 AD (1362 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Poetry; Literary forms and genres; Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Ushairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT); Translation

387

Swahili Prosody (MS 53504a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1950 ( Author, Primary ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ); Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1943 AD (1362 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Poetry; Literary forms and genres; Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT); Translation
Language:: English

388

Swahili Prosody (MS 53505a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1951 ( Author, Primary ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ); Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1943 AD (1362 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Poetry; Literary forms and genres; Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Ushairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT); Translation
Language:: English

389

Swahili Prosody (MS 53826a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili prosody; Swahili poetry; Notes; Kiswahili mashairi; Swahili prose literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

390

Swahili Romantic and Religious Tales (MS 47706a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: 1912-1936 AD
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

391

Swahili Songs (MS 380559a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

392

Swahili songs (MS 53498c)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Oral literature; Oral tradition in literature; Kiswahili mashairi; Songs, Swahili
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Songs (LCTGM); Shairi; Wimbo; Shayari; Nyimbo
Language:: Swahili

393

Swahili style : a study

Creator:: Maw, Joan ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1974
Publisher:: School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London ( London )
Type:: Book
Format:: vii, 77 pages ; 25 cm.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:: Swahili language -- Style; Swahili language -- Syntax; Swahili language; Kiswahili -- Sinema; Kiswahili
Spatial Coverage:: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London -- Camden -- Bloomsbury
Language:: English; Swahili

394

Swahili Style and Standardization (PP MS 42. S/56-S/58)

Creator:: Ramadhani, J. A. ( Author, Primary ); Balisidya, M. L. Y. ( contributor ); Kopoka, O. B. ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili language; Swahili language -- Standardization; Nationalism; Language development; Swahili theatre
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

395

Swahili Syntax (MS 380623a)

Creator:: Harris, Lyndon ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1988 AD (1408 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili language; Swahili Syntax; Swahili language -- Grammar; Swahili linguistics; Linguistics
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)

396

Swahili Tales-Vol. I (MS 54341a)

Creator:: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1890 AD (circa 1307 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Oral literature; Riddles; Proverbs; Songs
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Shairi; Wimbo; Shayari; Nyimbo
Language:: Swahili

397

Swahili Tales-Vol. II (A) (MS 54343a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1880 AD (circa 1297 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Short stories; Tales; Swahili Literature; Chronicle; Oral history
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

398

Swahili Tales-Vol. II (B) (MS 54343b)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1880 AD (circa 1297 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili Literature; Short stories; Tales
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

399

Swahili teaching-Report and Survey (PP MS 42. SL/42-SL/48)

Creator:: Cahill, William F. ( Author, Primary ); MacWilliam, A. M., Sister ( contributor ); Bagunywa, Arthur M. K. ( contributor ); Allen, J. W. T. ( contributor ); Bakhressa, Salim K. (Salim Khamis) ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1967-1968 AD (1387-1388 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili language; Educational policy; Language teaching; Nationalism; Vernacular language teaching
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

400

Swahili Traditional Histories and The Beni Dance Songs (PP MS 42. S/41-S/42)

Creator:: Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P. (Greville Stewart Parker) ( Author, Primary ); Lambert, H. E. ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1958, 1962 AD (1378, 1382 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Oral history; Oral tradition in literature; Swahili Literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT); Translation

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