Biography, Epics, History, Proverbs, and Riddles
- Abdallah ibn 'Ali ibn Nasir. al-Inkishafi : catechism of a soul ; by Sayyid Abdalla bin Ali bin Nasir, with a translation and notes by James de Vere Allen. Nairobi : East African Literature Bureau, 1977. (82 p.)
- Abdallah, Hussein Bashir. Dola kongwe ya Zanzibar kutoka Oman hadi Kongo. Dar es Salaam : IBN Hazm Media Center, 2013. (288 p.) [On the "ancient" history of Zanzibar.]
- Abdallah, Hussein Bashir. Jihadi kuu ya Maji Maji, 1905-1907 : historia ya Uislamu pwani ya Azania. Dar es Salaam : Islamic Sites Conservation, 2011. (139 p. ) [On the Islamic involvement in the Maji Maji war of 1905-1907.]
- Abdallah, Hussein Bashir. Kanisa na biashara ya watumwa. Dar es Salaam: Islamic Sites Conservation, 2011.(56 p.) [On Christianity and the slave trade.]
- Abdallah, Hussein Bashir. Utukufu wa Zanzibar : historia ya Uislamu pwani ya Azania. Dar es Salaam : Ibn Hazm Media Center, 2010. (113 p.) [On the history of Islam in Zanzibar.]
- Abdallah, Hussein Bashir. Zanzibar huru. Dar es Salaam : Islamic Sites Conservation, Nov. 2012. (104 p.) [On the political history of Zanzibar.]
- Abdulaziz, Mohamed H. Muyaka : 19th century Swahili popular poetry. Nairobi : Kenya Literature Bureau, 1979. (340 p.)
- Abudu, Maryam. Methali za kiswahili: maana na matumizi. Nairobi : Shungwaya Publishers, Ltd., 1981. (35 p.) [Proverbs.]
--See also: 1974 ed.
- Aho katali : ndawo dza katali dza Chividunda = Hapo zamani : hadithi za zamani za Kividunda. [Compiled by] Karsten Legère, Peter Mkwan'hembo ; michoro, Juma Mgenda. Tanzania : Benedictine Publication Ndanda, 2008. (139 p.) [Vidunda folktales.]
- Bakari, Atibu, Milton Wamae, David Maina ...[et al.]. Nasaha : kamusi ya methali kimuadhui. Nairobi : Kenya Literature Bureau, 2017. (314 p.)
- Bakari, Atibu, Milton Wamae, Patrick Lumwamu ... [et al.]. Nasaha : kamusi ya misemo kimaudhui. Nairobi : Kenya Literature Bureau, 2017. (414 p.)
- Barwani, Sauda and Ludwig Gerhardt. Life and poems of Bi Zainab Himid (1920-2002) : in Swahili with English translation = Maisha na Tungo za Bi Zainab Himid (1920-2002) : kwa Kiswahili na tafsiri yake kwa Kiingereza. Köln : Köppe, 2012. (331 p.)
- Biersteker, Ann Joyce and Ibrahim Noor Shariff. Mashairi ya vita vya Kuduhu : war poetry in Kiswahili exchanged at the time of the Battle of Kuduhu. East Lansing : Michigan State University Press , 1995. (254 p.)
--See also: E-book (Columbia only!)
- Bwimbo, Peter D. M. Mlinzi mkuu wa Mwalimu Nyerere. Dar es Salaam : Mkuki na Nyota, [2016] (131 p.) [A biography of Julius Nyerere's bodyguard.]
- Caplan, Patricia. Mikidadi wa Mafia : maisha ya mwanaharakati na familia yake nchini Tanzania. Mfasiri, Ahmad Kipacha. Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers, 2014. (162 p.) [On the life of Mikidadi Juma Kichange, an activist from Mafia Island, Tanzania.]
- Dafina : hazina ya kiswahili. Mtunzi, Al-Haj Abdullah Salim Seif Al Habsy. Sultanate of Oman : s.n., [2012] (446 p.) [A collection of proverbs, sayings and idioms.]
- El-Maawy, Ali A. A. Jawabu la Mwana Kupona : mausiyo ya mke wa kisasa, na wasiya wa Mwana Kupona. Dar es Salaam : Taasisi za Taaluma za Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, c2011. (160 p.) [On the relevance of Mwana Kupona's poetry (from the 19th century) to the modern woman in the 21st century.]
- Fabian, Johannes ...[et al.] (ed. and trans.) History from below : the `Vocabulary of Elisabethville' by Andre Yav : texts, translations, and interpretive essay. Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1990. ( 236 p.)
--See also: E-book (Columbia only!)
- Fair, Laura. Historia ya Jamii ya Zanzibar na nyimbo za Siti Binti Saad. Nairobi, Kenya : Twaweza Communications, 2013. (112 p.)
- Farsi, S. S. (comp.) Swahili sayings from Zanzibar. Nairobi : Kenya Literature Bureau, 1980. ( 2 vols.)
- Farsy, Muhammad S. Ada za harusi katika Unguja. Rev. ed. Nairobi : East African Literature Bureau, 1967. (50 p.) [On marriage customs in Zanzibar.]
- Farsy, Muhammad S. Kurwa na doto : maelezo ya makazi katika kijiji cha Unguja (Zanzibar). Nairobi : Kenya Literature Bureau, 1982. (61 p.) [A novel.]
- Fasihi, lugha na utamaduni wa Kiswahili na kiafrika : kwa heshima ya Prof. M.M. Mulokozi. Wahariri, Shani Omari na Method Samwel. Dar es Salaam : Taasisi ya Taaluma za Kiswahili, 2018. (633 p.) [Oral literature and Swahili culture in Africa}
- Fasihi simulizi : nyimbo za kumbi. Mhariri, Mugyabuso.M. Mulokozi. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Taasisi ya Taaluma za Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, [2011] (155 p.) [On oral literature and initiation songs.]
- Fasihi simulizi ya Kiswahili. Wahariri, Kimani Njogu, Clara Momanyi, Mbatha Mathooko. Nairobi : Twaweza Communications, 2006. (159 p.) [On Swahili oral literature.]
- Geiger, Susan. Wanawake wa TANU : jinsia na utamaduni katika kujenga uzalendo Tanganyika, 1955-1965. Kimetafsiriwa na kurahisishwa na Elieshi Lema. Dar es Salaam : TGNP : E & D Ltd., c2005. (116 p.)
--See also: English version
- Gesero, Wandoche C. M. Methali za kiswahili : Afrika mashariki na kati. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : ABSIT, 2009. (325 p.) [Proverbs.]
- Guwi, Ally Kassim. Historia ya Kilwa na utamaduni wa wakazi. Dar es Salaam : Tanzania Pub. House, c2003. (82 p.) [On the history of Kilwa district, culture and traditions of the people.]
- Haji, Ameir Issa ...[et al.] Mazoezi ya ufahamu. Kimetayarishwa na kutolewa na Taasisi ya Kiswahili na Lugha za Kigeni, Wizara ya Elimu. Zanzibar, Tanzania : Taasisi, [1982] (92 p.)
- Halimoja, Yusuf J. Maji Maji. Dar es Salaam : Mwangaza Publishers, [1981] (32 p.) [A history of the Maji Maji Uprising, 1905-1907, in Swahili.]
- Hilal, Nasra Mohamed. Mfinyanzi aingia kasri : Siti binti Saad : malkia wa taarab. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki wa Nyota Publishers, c2007. (91 p.) [A biography of Siti binti Saad, taarab musician.]
- Historia ya chama cha TANU, 1954 hadi 1977. Kimehaririwa na D.Z. Mwaga, B.F. Mrina, F.F. Lyimo. Dar es Salaam : Chuo cha CCM, Kivukoni, c1981. (316 p.) [A history of the TANU political party, published by its successor party, Chama cha Mapinduzi.]
- Historia ya Idara ya Elimu : toleo maalumu la maadhimisho ya miaka 80 ya TAG na mpango mkakati wa miaka kumi ya mavuno, 2009-2018. Dar es Salaam : Idara ya Elimu, Tanzania Assemblies of God, [2019?] (72 p.) [A history of education and the Assemblies of God in Tanzania, in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Tanzania Assembies of God.]
- Historia ya jimbo kuu la Dar es Salaam. Edited by Deogratias H. Mbiku. Peramiho, Tanzania : Benedictine Publications, Ndanda, 1985. (209 p.)
- Historia za maisha binafsi kutoka kwale. Kimehaririwa na Eunice Nyamasyo, Rayya Timammy, Peter Wasamba. Nairobi : Kenya Oral Literature Association (KOLA), 1999.
- International Colloquium on Kiswahili (2000 : TUKI, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam). Ripoti ya kongamano la kimataifa, Kiswahili 2000 : Machi 20-23, 2003. Imetayarishwa na M.M. Mulokozi ... [et al.]. [Dar es Salaam] : Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, c2001. (88 p.)
- Ipalei, Godfrey. Mlemavu? si mimi. Nairobi : Oxford University Press, 2012. (78 p.) [Autobiography of a computer scientist with a disability.]
- Jamaliddini, Abdul Karim Bin. Utenzi wa vita vya Maji Maji ; wahariri, Shani A. Kitogo, Mugyabuso M. Mulokozi. Dar es Salaam : Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, 2006. (38 p.) [Poetry on the Maji Maji rebellion.]
- Jecha, Sheikh Thabit Kombo. Masimulizi ya Sheikh Thabit Kombo Jecha. Mwandishi, Minael-Hosanna O. Mdundo. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : DUP (1996) Ltd., c1999. (270 p.) [On the modern history of Zanzibar as told through the personal experiences of Sheikh Thabit, a prominent Tanzanian politician.]
- Juma, Shaaban Ali. Abeid Amani Karume, 1905-1972. Zanzibar, Tanzania : Rafiki Publishers Ltd., 2013. (244 p.) [A political biography.]
- Juma, Shaaban Ali. Zanzibar hadi mwaka 2000 : kitabu cha historia ya Zanzibar kuanzia karne ya kumi na sita hadi mwaka elfu mbili. Zanzibar, Tanzania : Rafiki Publishers, 2007. (339 p.) [A history of Zanzibar from the 16th century to the year 2000.]
- Jumbe, Aboud. The partner-ship : muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar : miaka 30 ya dhoruba. Kimefasiriwa na Ally Saleh. Dar es Salaam : Amana Publishers, c1995. (181 p.)
- Jumbe, Saumu K. Osale Otango. Tanga, Tanzania : Saumu K. Jumbe, 2015. (137 p.) [A biography of a Kenya-born African who fought for Tanzanian independence from British colonialism.]
- The jurisdiction of the Sultan of Zanzibar and the subjects of foreign nations. Edited and translated by Katrin Bromber. Würzburg : Ergon, c2001. (89 p.) [English-Swahili; a document in Arabic script, attributed to Sulaiman bin Said bin Ahmed Essorami, originally published in a compilation by Gustav Neuhaus in 1896 under title: Suaheli-Manuskripte in photo-lithographirten Originalen.]
- Kaduguda, Mwina Mohamed Seif. Historia ya klabu ya Simba. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd., [2014] (128 p.) [A history of the Simba Soccer Club of Dar es Salaam.]
- Karama, S. and M. Saidi. Maelezo ya methali za Kiswahili. Nairobi : Longman Kenya, 1983. ( 92 p.) [Proverbs]
- Kihiyo, Jackson and Jean Mashengele. Vita kuu ya kwanza ya dunia nchini Tanganyika (1914-1918). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Utamaduni Publishers, 1985. (70 p.) [A history of World War I in Tanganyika.]
- Kijuma, Muhammad. Muhamadi Kijuma : texts from the Dammann Papers and other collections. [Edited by] Gudrun Miehe & Clarissa Vierke in collaboration with Sauda Barwani and Ahmed S. Nabahany. Archiv afrikanistischer Manuskripte ; Bd. 9. Köln : Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, c2010. (532 p.) [Selected letters, poems, and chronicles.]
- Kiswahili katika kanda ya Afrika mashariki : (historia, matumizi na sera). Mhariri, S.A.K. Mlacha. Dar es Salaam : Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, c1995.
- Knappert, Jan. Epic poetry in Swahili and other African languages. Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1983. (171 p.)
--See also: Burke copy
- Knappert, Jan. Four centuries of Swahili verse : a literary history and anthology.. London : Heinemann Educational, 1979. (323 p.)
- Knappert, Jan. Traditional Swahili poetry : an investigation into the concepts of East African Islam as reflected in the Utenzi literature. Leiden, The Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1967. (264 p.)
- Knappert, Jan. Proverbs from the Lamu archipelago and the central Kenya coast. Berlin : D. Reimer, 1986. (127 p.)
- Knappert, Jan. A survey of Swahili Islamic epic sagas. Studies in Swahili language and literature ; v. 1. Lewiston, NY : Edwin Mellen Press, c1999. (169 p.)
- Knappert, Jan. A survey of Swahili songs with English translations. Studies in Swahili language and literature; v. 4. Lewiston, NY : Edwin Mellen Press, 2004. (546 p.)
- Knappert, Jan. Swahili proverbs. Burlington, Vt. : Proverbium in cooperation with the African Studies Program, University of Vermont, 1997. (156 p.)
- Kweka, Amandus P. Makumbusho ya Dar es Salaam : ijue historia yako : urithi wa utamaduni : Kilwa Kisiwani. [Dar es Salaam] : Charles Computer Graphics Designer, 2004. (23 p.) [On the history of Kilwa Island from the artefacts in the National Museum, Dar es Salaam.]
- Landulira, T. G. P. Vitendawili vyetu. Dar es Salaam : Panafrican Pub. Co., 1979. (26 p.) [Riddles.]
- Liyongo songs : poems attributed to Fumo Liyongo. Collected and edited by the Liyongo Working Group ; Gudrun Miehe (editing coordinator); Abdilatif Abdalla ... [et al.]. Köln : Köppe, 2004. (230 p.)
- Liundi, Christopher C. Jungu kuu halikosi ukoko : maneno ya busara. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : C.C. Liundi, 2011. (49 p.) [Swahili sayings.]
- Luhwago, Neema Julius. Nadharia ya fasihi simulizi. Dodoma, Tanzania : FEX Connect Publishers, [2018] (89 p.) [On the theory of oral literature.]
- Lumwamu, Philip, Atibu Bakari, Benjamin Kilanga ... [et al.]. Nasaha : kamusi ya vitendawili na mafumbo. Nairobi : Kenya Literature Bureau, 2017. (174 p.)
- Maanga, Godson S. Maisha na utumishi wa Anza Amen Lema. Moshi, Tanzania : New Millennium Books, 2006. (559 p.) [Biography.]
- Magege, Augustos S. Falsafa mirindimo ya Bob Marley. Dar es Salaam : The Bismarocks, c2006. (170 p.) [On the history of Bob Marley and the Rastafari movement, with Swahili lyrics for Bob Marley's songs.]
- Makala ya kongamano la kimataifa Kiswahili 2000 : proceedings. Wahariri: J.S. Mdee, H.J.M. Mwansoko. Dar es Salaam : Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, c2001.
(384 p.)
- Makala ya Kongamano la Kimataifa la Jubilei ya Tuki--2005 : kuadhimisha miaka 75 ya Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili (1930-2005). Proceedings of the IKR Jubilee Symposium--2005. Wahariri, S.S. Sewangi, J.S. Madumulla. Dar es Salaam : Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, c2006. (2 vols.)
- Makala za Semina ya Kimataifa ya Waandishi wa Kiswahili. Kimehaririwa na Kutolewa na Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam. Semina ya Kimataifa ya Waandishi wa Kiswahili (1st : 1978 : Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) Dar es Salaam : Taasisi, 1983. (3 vols.)
- Makule, Alice Oforo. Asili ya wachaga : na baadhi ya koo zao. Kitabu cha 1. [Tanzania] : Mradi wa Historia ya Wachaga wa Mkoa wa Kilimanjaro, 2003-. (99 p.) [On the history of the peoples of the Kilimanjaro region; Book 1 deals with the Chagga.]
- Malangalila, F. F. A. Mwamuyinga, mtawala wa Wahehe. Peramiho, Tanzania : Benedictine Publications Ndanda, 1987. (90 p.) [On the customs of the Hehe people.]
- Marealle, Petro Itoshi. Maisha ya Mchagga hapa duniani na ahera = The life of a Mchagga here on earth and after death. Dar es Salaam : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, c2002. (130 p.)
- Mashairi ya miaka kumi ya Azimio la Arusha. Yamehaririwa na Abdilatif Abdalla. [Dar es Salaam] : UKUTA, c1977. (90 p.) [Ten years of selected poetry on the Arusha Declaration.]
- Masimulizi kamilifu ya Alfu lela u lela : au, Siku elfu moja na moja. Mfasiri, Hassan Adam. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mikuki na Nyota Publishers, 2004- [In Swahili translation--from English and German sources, The Arabian Nights or "Thousand and One Nights"; Columbia has volumes 1-8.]
- Massamba, David Phineas Bhukanda. Historia ya Kiswahili : 50 BK hadi 1500 BK.. Nairobi, Kenya : Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, 2002. (308 p.)
- Mashengele, Jean. Historia ya utawala wa wadachi Tanganyika. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Utamaduni Publishers, 1984. (96 p.) [A history of German colonialism in Tanganyika.]
- Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali. Guidance (Uwongozi) : selections from the first Swahili Islamic newspaper. Translated by Kai Kresse, Hassan Mwakimako ; Introduced and edited by Kai Kresse. A Swahili-English edition. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] (181 p.)
- Mazrui, Alamin and Kimani Njogu. Mikondo ya Kiswahili : siasa, jamii na utandawazi. Nairobi, Kenya : Twaweza Communications Limited pamoja na The Red Sea Press, 2022. (192 p.) [On the development of the Swahili language in East Africa.]
- Mbaabu, Ireri. Historia ya usanifishaji wa Kiswahili. Nairobi : Longman Kenya, 1991. (126 p.)
- Mbaabu, Ireri. Kiswahili, lugha ya taifa. Nairobi : Kenya Literature Bureau, 1978. (90 p.)
- Mbenna, Francis Xavier. Historia ya elimu Tanzania : 1892 hadi sasa. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Dar es Salaam University Press, 2009. (198 p.) [On the history of education in Tanzania, 1892 to present.]
- Mbiku, Deogratias H. Historia ya jimbo kuu la Dar es Salaam. Peramiho, Tanzania : Benedictine Publications, Ndanda, 1985. (209 p.) [On the history of the Catholic archdiocese of Dar es Salaam.]
- Mbotela, James. Uhuru wa watumwa = The freeing of the slaves. Mchoraji, Ruth Yudelowitz. Nairobi : Nelson, c1967. (88 p.)
- Mgawe, Peter, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Tim Caro, and Sarah Jane Seel. Historia na utamaduni wa Wapimbwe ; dibaji na Mh. Mizengo K.P. Pinda. Dar es Salaam : Mkuki Na Nyota, [2013] (60 p.) [A brief history of the Pimbwe people in the Rukwa region of Tanzania.]
- Misemo na methali toka Tanzania. Vol 3. Edited by C.K. Omari, E. Kezilahabi, W.D. Kamera. Kampala : East African Literature Bureau, 1979. [Proverbs.]
- Mkabarah, Jumaa R. R. Vitendawili kwa hadithi. Dar es Salaam : Utamaduni, 1992. (2 vols. ) [Riddles.]
- Mohamed, Amir A. Karne tatu za ustawi wa tawala za Waswahili : Afrika ya mashariki. Zanzibar : Medu Press, 2019. (94 p.) [A short political history of the Swahili peoples over three centuries.]
- Momanyi, Clara. Historia na utamaduni wa Wataveta. Nairobi, Kenya : CUEA Press, [2015]. (156 p.) On the history and customs of the Taveta people.
- Momanyi, Clara. Tamathali katika vitendawili. Nairobi, Kenya : Didaxis, 2001. (87 p.) [Proverbs and riddles.}
- Mrina, B. F. Mapambano ya ukombozi Zanzibar. Dar es Salaam : Tanzania Pub. House, [1980] (134 p.) [On nationalism and politics in Zanzibar.]
- Msokile, Mbunda. Historia na matumizi ya Kiswahili. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Educational Publishers and Distributors Ltd., c1992. (120 p.) [On the history and usage of Swahili.]
- Mtobwa, Ben R. Remmy Ongala: "Bob Marley wa Tanzania". Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: African Publication Limited, 1984. (37 p.) [Biography.]
- Mulokozi, Mugyabuso M. Utenzi wa Nyakiiru Kibi. Morogoro (Tanzania) : ECOL publications, 1997. (100 p.) [An epic poem about the founder of the Babito dynasty in Buhaya.]
- Mwaruka, Ramadhani. Masimulizi juu ya Uzaramo. London : Macmillan , 1965. (149 p.) [History and customs of the Zaramo people.]
- Ngelela, Aniceth Mihambo. Mwl. nyerere : falsafa na uhai wa taifa. Peramiho [Tanzania] : Benedictine Publications Ndanda, 2013. (244 p.) [On the philosophy of Julius Nyerere and the life of Tanzania nation.]
- Nkondokaya, Vincent Geoffrey. Asili ya Waseuta, yaani, Wazigua, Wanguu, Wasambaa, Wabondei, Wakilindi na Waluvu. [Tanga? Tanzania] : Mradi wa Historia ya Makabila ya Mkoa wa Tanga, [2003] (198 p.) [On the origins of the Seuta peoples of Tanga, Tanzania.]
- Nkondokaya, Vincent Geoffrey. Asili ya Wazigua waishio Somalia : pamoja na asili fupi ya Wazigua, Wanguu, Wakilindi, Wasambaa, Wabondei na Waluvu. Dar es Salaam : Mradi wa Historia ya Makabila ya Mkoa wa Tanga pamoja na Maisha Bora Human Development Centre, 2006. (90 p.) [On the history of the Zigua people (originally from Somalia), along with other groups in Tanga district.]
- Ohly, Rajmund. Aggressive prose : a case study in Kiswahili prose of the seventies. Dar es Salaam : Institute of Kiswahili Research, 1981. (151 p.)
- Rajab, Hammie. Tabia njema. Dar es Salaam : Africana Publishers, 1980. (28 p.) [On good manners in Swahili.]
- Razwy, Sayed Ali Asgher. Usahihi wa historia ya uislamu na waislamu. Kimetarjumiwa na Ramadhani Kanju Shemahimbo. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Al-Itrah Foundation, 2005. (689 p.) [In Swahili on the history of Islam, according to Shi'ite interpretations.]
- Robert, Shaaban. Barua za Shaaban Robert, 1931-1958. Zilikusanywa na kuhifadhiwa na Yusuf Ulenge. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, 2002. (239 p.) [Correspondence.]
- Robert, Shaaban. Maisha yangu ; na, Baada ya miaka hamsini. Mchoraji, Sefania Tunginie ; kielelezo, Ali Kondo Chuma. New ed. Dar es Salaam : Mkuki na Nyota, 1991. (130 p.) [Autobiography.]
--See also: 1966 ed.
- Robert, Shaaban. Mithali na mifano ya Kiswahili. [wahariri, M.M. Mulokozi, Shani Kitogo]. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, c2007. (76 p.) [Proverbs.]
- Saavedra Casco, José Arturo. Utenzi, war poems, and the German conquest of East Africa : Swahili poetry as a historical source. Trenton NJ : Africa World Press, c2007. (323 p.)
- Sahlberg, Carl-Erik. Historia ya kanisa la Tanzania. 3rd ed. Dar es Salaam : Safi Publishers and Trading Company Limited, 2017.(121 p.) [A history of Protestant Christian mission churches in Tanzania.]
- Sahlberg, Carl-Erik. Historia ya kanisa : tangu Yesu mpaka leo. Moshi, Tanzania : SAFI Publishers & Trading Co. Ltd., 2019. (191 p.) [A history of Christianity.]
- Said, Mohamed. Maisha na nyakati za Abdulwahid Sykes (1924-1968) : historia iliyofichwa kuhusu harakati za waislam dhidi ya ukoloni wa waingereza katika Tanganyika. Kimefasiriwa na Ali Salum Mkangwa. Nairobi : Phoneix Publishers, 2002. (416 p.) [Political biography.]
- Saleh, Ally. Maisha ya Haji Gora : msanii atayedumu milele. Zanzibar : Emerson's Zanzibar Foundation, 2016. (124 p.) [Biography of Haji Gora, the celebrated modern Swahili poet from Tumbatu, Zanzibar.]
- Scheven, Albert. Swahili proverbs : Nia zikiwa moja, kilicho mbali huja. Washington, D.C. : University Press of America, c1981. (586 p.)
- Shitemi, Naomi Luchera. Ushairi wa Kiswahili kabla ya karne ya ishirini. Eldoret, Kenya : Moi University Press, 2010. (275 p.) [On Swahili poetry before the 20th century.]
- Siso, Zedekia Oloo. Grasp the shield firmly, the journey is hard : a history of Luo and Bantu migrations to North Mara (Tanzania), 1850-1950 = Shikilia ngao vizuri, safari ni ngumu : historia ya Waluo na wabantu kuhamia Kaskazini mwa Mara (Tanzania) 1850-1950 ; interviews by Zedekia Oloo Siso ; ed. by Jan Bender Shetler ; Kiswahili translation by Peter Wanyande. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers, c2010. (430 p.)
- Sivalon, John C. Kanisa Katoliki na siasa ya Tanzania bara 1953 hadi 1985. Ndanda, Tanzania : Benedictine Publications, 1992. (87 p.) [On the Catholic Church and politics in Tanzania, 1953-1985.]
- Swahili manuscripts from the School of Oriental and African Studies [Microform]. 45 reels ; 35 mm. (Marlborough, Wiltshire, England: Adam Matthew Publications, 2004-2005)
Pt. 1. The Taylor, Hichens and Werner collections. pt. 2. The Knappert, Whiteley, Allen, Misc. and Yahya Ali Omar collections. [Manuscripts dating from the 1790s to the 1970s.]
See also:
- Temu, Hoyce. Nayakumbuka yote. Dar es Salaam : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, c2007. (126 p.) [The autobiography of Miss Tanzania 1999.]
- Tenzi tatu za kale. Mhariri, Mugyabuso M. Mulokozi. Dar es Salaaam : Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili, 1999. (140 p.) [A study of three ancient epic poems.]
- Utendi wa kutawafu Nabii = A poem concerning the death of the prophet Muhammad. (A traditional Swahili epic, with transliteration, translation, and notes on the reading of Swahili manuscripts in Arabic script for advanced students. ) Ed. by J.W.T. Allen ...[et al.] Lewiston, NY : E. Mellen Press, c1991. (161 p.)
- Vierke, Clarissa. On the poetics of the Utendi : a critical edition of the nineteenth-century Swahili poem "Utendi wa Haudaji" together with a stylistic analysis. Zürich : Lit, 2011. (704 p.)
- Walibora, Ken. Nasikia sauti ya mama. Nairobi, Kenya : Sasa Sema, [2014] (158 p.) [An autobiography.]
- Wamitila, K. W. Bina-Adamu! Series: Fasihi ya kisasa [Swahili language materials] ; 150. Nairobi : Phoenix Publishers, 2002. (158 p.)
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--See also: English translation (1989) ; E-book of English trans.
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