Books in English on Cuisine, Literature, and Music
- Askew, Kelly Michelle. Performing the nation : Swahili music and cultural politics in Tanzania. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2002. (417 p.)
- Barz, Gregory. Music in East Africa : experiencing music, expressing culture. New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. (139 p. + sound disc)
- Bertoncini, Elena Zubkova. Outline of Swahili literature : prose fiction and drama. 2nd ed. Leiden, The Netherlands ; New York : E.J. Brill, 2009. (500 p.)
- Bongo media worlds : producing and consuming popular culture in Dar es Salaam. Edited by Matthias Krings and Uta Reuster-Jahn. Köln : Rudiger Köppe Verlag, [2014] (286 p.)
- Cooking with traditional leafy vegetables : indigenous plants in Tanzania's kitchen. Edited by Pendael Esther ... [et al.]. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Regent Estate Senior Women Group, [2008] (51 p.)
- Critical essays on Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo. Edited by Peter Nazareth. New York : Twayne Publishers, c2000. (341 p.)
- Garnier, Xavier. The Swahili novel: challenging the idea of 'minor literature'. Oxford : James Currey, 2013. (195 p.)
- Gikandi, Simon. Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. (328 p.)
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- Gikandi, Simon and Evan Mwangi. The Columbia guide to East African literature in English since 1945. New York : Columbia University Press, c2007. (194 p.)
- Kamau, Susan. Let's cook Kenya : national ethnic foods. Nairobi, Kenya : Susan Kamau, Sliced Onion Company Limited, [2013] (150 p.)
- Kinunda, Miriam R. Taste of Tanzania : modern Swahili recipes for the West. Surprise, AZ USA : Miroki Publishing, [2013]. (179 p.)
- Lindfors, Bernth. Early East African writers and publishers. Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2011. (246 p.)
- Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga. Kintu. Oakland, CA : Transit Books, [2017]. (443 p.)
- Mashindano! : competitive music performance in East Africa. Edited by Frank Gunderson & Gregory F. Barz. Dar es Salaam : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers ; Oxford : Distributed outside Africa by African Books Collective Ltd, 2000. (468 p.)
- Mirmotahari, Emad. Islam in the eastern African novel. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. (208 p.)
- Montgomery, Bertha Vining and Constance Nabwire. Cooking the East African way : revised and expanded to include new low-fat and vegetarian recipes. Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company, c2002. (72 p.)
- Mukasonga, Scholastique. Our Lady of the Nile. Translated from the French by Melanie Mauthner. Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2014. (244 p.)
- Music and dance in eastern Africa : current research in humanities and social sciences. Edited by Kahithe Kiiru & Maina wa Mũtonya. Nairobi, Kenya : Twaweza Communications Limited, [2018]
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo. A grain of wheat. Rev. ed. London : Heinemann Educational, 1986, c1967. (247 p.)
--See also: E-book of 2002 ed. ; 1968 ed. in print ; 2002 ed. in print
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo. Petals of blood. New York : Dutton, 1978, c1977. (344 p.)
--See also: 2002 ed.
- Ngũgĩ, wa Thiongʼo. Weep not, child. [New York] : Collier Books, [1969] (184 p.)
--See also: 1987 ed. ; 2012 ed.
- Ntarangwi, Mwenda. Gender, performance, & identity : understanding Swahili cultural realities through songs. Trenton NJ : Africa World Press, c2003.
- Ogot, Grace. Land without thunder; short stories. [Nairobi, East African Pub. House, 1968] (203 p.)
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- Ogot, Grace, The promised land : a novel. Nairobi, Kenya : East African Pub. House, 1966. (194 p.)
- Ogude, James. Ngugi's novels and African history : narrating the nation. London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 1999. (183 p.)
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- Osusa, Tabu. Shades of benga : the story of popular music in Kenya : 1946-2016. [Nairobi] : Ketebul Music, [2017] (645 p.)
- Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo. Dust. Nairobi, Kenya : Kwani Trust, 2013.< (385 p.)br />--See also: New York ed.
- p'Bitek, Okot. Song of Lawino ; &, Song of Ocol. London ; Exeter, N.H., USA : Heineman Educational Books, 1984. (152 p.)
--See also: E-book
- Perullo, Alex. Live from Dar es Salaam : popular music and Tanzania's music economy. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011. (459 p.)
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- Raab, Klaus. Rapping the nation : die Aneignung von HipHop in Tanzania. Berlin : Lit, 2006. (171 p. and accompanying CD "Bongo flava: Swahili rap from Tanzania") Texts in English, German, and Swahili
- Ranger, T. O. Dance and society in Eastern Africa, 1890-1970 : the Beni ngoma. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1975. (176 p.)
- Riyamy, Alya Sened. African gardens : the cuisine of Zanzibar and the East African Coast. Zanzibar, Tanzania : Riyamy Publications, 2001. (253 p.)
- Rizk, Mohamed El-Mohammady. Women in Taarab : the performing art in East Africa. Frankfurt am Main : Lang, 2007. (198 p.)
- Rosenberg, Aaron Louis. Eastern African popular songs : verbal art in states of transformation. Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, c2011. (320 p.)
- Semujanga, Josias. Narrating Itsembabwoko : when literature becomes testimony of genocide. Bern : Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers, [2016] (248 p.)
- Serumaga, Robert. Return to the shadows. London, Heinemann, 1969. (171 p.)
--See also: E-book.
- Songs and politics in Eastern Africa. Edited by Kimani Njogu, Hervé Maupeu. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki Na Nyoka Publishers ; Nairobi, Kenya : IFRA, 2007. (401 p.)
- Topp Fargion, Janet. Taarab music in Zanzibar in the twentieth century : a story of 'Old is gold' and flying spirits. Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2014] (237 p.)
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- Vassanji, M. G. The book of secrets. New York : Picador USA, 1996. (337 p.)
- Vassanji, M.G. The gunny sack. London ; Portsmouth, N.H., USA : Heinemann, c1989. (276 p.)
- Women writing Africa. The eastern region. Edited by Amandina Lihamba ... [et al.]. New York : The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2007. (478 p.)