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Swahili Prose Texts

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Date(s) of creation:	1889 - 1965
Level:	Series
Format:	Archive

Papers of Professor Wilfred Howell Whiteley

Personal Material
- Correspondence in Swahili from R. (Mzee) Hemedi regarding the history of Iraqw
- Correspondence in Swahili from Erastus and Wilson Abuga
- Correspondence in Swahili from Suleiman Mohamed Suleiman Mauli, enclosing Swahili (Pemba) verse
- Correspondence in Swahili from Salim Mohamed Mbaruk Mau regarding Swahili (Pemba) verse
- Correspondence in English from J. M. Gray
- Correspondence in Swahili from Haji Chum
- Correspondence in Swahili from Shaban Robert and Mohamaed Said Abdulla
- Correspondence in English from Japheth K. Ivullu
- Miscellaneous correspondence to Whiteley in Swahili and English
- Sketch pad notebook of water colour paintings
- Press cuttings of notice of death and obituary
Socio-Linguistic Material
- Language and Culture Bibliographies
- Language and World-view Bibliography
- Bibliography on Ethnographic Research
- Bibliography of Writings by E. E. Evans-Pritchard
- A Guide to the Study of Language in Culture and Society by J. B. Pride
- "Language and Culture in Society" by J. B. Pride, issued by the Committee for Research and Developme...
- "A Socio-linguistic Approach to Socialisation: with some ference to Educability", for publication in...
- "Preliminary Report of the Findings of a Study on the uses of Swahili in Kampala and some Linguistic...
- Sociolinguistics Newsletter of the Sociolinguistics Research Committee
- "Ritual and Social Conflict: Circumcision and Oath-Taking in Mbeere"- IDS discussion paper by Jack G...
- "Preliminary Report of Research on the Ogiek Tribe of Keny " - IDS discussion paper on the Kalenjin ...
- "The Outsider and the Insider in Tigania Meru" - IDS discussion paper by Jurg Mahner
- "The Structural Dynamics of Tharaka Age-Organization" - Research Seminar notes of the IAS on social ...
- "Witchcraft and Sorcery in Kitui of Kamba Tribe" - IAS discussion paper by Hitoshi Ueda
- "The Uses of Body Movements in Social Interaction" - IAS discussion paper by Chet A. Creider
- Anthropology Course Schedule
- Rites of passage among the Swahili in Mafia Island, Tanzania
- "Language Use and Social Change" (Introduction) by Whiteley [offprint of unspecified publication]
Historical Material
- "Community History and Reactions to the Launching of a co-operative Farming Scheme", IDS seminar by ...
- Tanzania Zamani (Bulletin of Research on pre-colonial History)
- "Oral Traditions of the Meru, Mwimbe and Muthambe of Mt. Kenya: 1) The Migration from Mbwa" - discus...
- "Introduction to the Study of Primitive Technology and Material Culture" - Bibliography
Political/Economic Material
- Miscellaneous papers and press cuttings regarding trade unions and their use of Swahili
- "The Role of Finance in Economic Development" - Economic Research Bureau paper by William F. Hellmut...
- "Remarques sur le phenomene politique traditionnel en Afrique de l'Ouest" by Pathe Diagne presented ...
- "Problems of Socialism in Tanzania" by Knud Erik Svendsen presented at the Interdisciplinary Staff S...
- "Pokomo Political Organisation and History" by Robert L. Bunger
- Ugandan Political Party manifestoes on behalf of Progressive Party, Democratic Party and United Cong...
- "Social Inequality and National Politics in a Suburb of Dar es Salaam", by Katherine Levine
- "Traditional African Political Systems" - Bibliography
Bilingualism
- "Languages spoken by independent Sects in Nairobi" - list by David Aoko
- Language questionnaires and statistics, in Swahili and English
- i)"Multi-lingual Problems in a Developing 1968 Society" - paper by G. R. Katongole
- "The Prediction of Between-Language Intelligibility" by Marvin L. Bender and Robert L. Cooper
- "Becoming a Bi-Lingual" - working paper for the Language Behaviour Research Laboratory by Susan Ervi...
- "How can we measure the Roles which a Bilingual's Language play in his everyday Behaviour?" Discussi...
Language Teaching and Education
- Swahili at Makerere College
- "The Place of Anthropology in General Education" - proceedings of a conference of the Association of...
- "Report to the Faculty of Arts and Social Science on the First-Year Common Course 1966-1967 (Thought...
- "The Ability of Deaf and Hearing Children to apply morphological Rules", by Robert L. Cooper, reprin...
- "The Development of a Test of Deaf Children's Linguistic Competence", by Robert L. Cooper and Jonath...
- "General Features of the Standard 4 Swahili Class in Kenya, by W. F. Cahill
- Language programme of Maryknoll Language School, Tanzania, by Sister Anita Marie MacWilliam
- "The Teaching of Vernacular Languages in Primary Schools" by A. M. K. Bagunywa
- "Problems of Teaching Swahili at Advanced Level in the Experience of the Friends School, Kamusinga",...
- "Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching in Sweden"
- "A Note on the Syllabus of Swahili classical Literature in Secondary Schools and Universities", by J...
- "The Problems of Teaching Kiswahili in Kenya Secondary Schools", by Salim Kakhressa
Language Policy
- "Factors inhibiting or engendering Language Policies in Eastern Africa", by Whiteley
- "Language and Politics in East Africa"
- "Language Planning Processes inDeveloping Countries", by J. A. Fishman, J. Das Gupta, B. Jernudd and...
- "Evaluation and Language Planning" by Joan Rubin
Swahili as a National Language
- "Ideal and Reality in National Language Policy: A Case Study from Tanzania", by Whiteley, two typed ...
- "Swahili: the National Language of Tanzania", and draft synopsis
- Press cuttings in Swahili and English, concerning the Swahili language, mostly published corresponde...
- Notes (in Swahili) of the Committee for the Promotion of Swahili, (as a national language) 6pp types...
- "Act to establish the National Swahili Council and to provide for matters connected therewith and in...
Swahili Language Material
- Correspondence to Ernest Haddon from HEL and O. B. Kopoka, regarding derivation of Bwana and Mwana, ...
- "Some Problems of the Syntax of Sentences in a Bantu Language of East Africa" by Whiteley on Zanziba...
- Paper on Swahili word order by Laszlo Dezso, with covering letter to Whiteley
- "Inalienable Possession in Swahili and related Matters", by Thomas J. Hinnebusch and Salma Mbaye
- "Some underlying structures in Swahili", by J. J. Christie
- "An Applicative Model of the Swahili Language", by Rajmund Ohly
- "An Appraisal of the Present Tense in Swahili and a new Formulation", by Sharifa M. Zawawi
- "Some Problems in Swahili Morphology" by J. J. Christie
- "On an 'Auxiliary' Node in Swahili" by J. J. Christie
- "Further Problems in the Syntax of Swahili Sentences", by Whiteley
- List of Swahili radicals with example sentences of passivisation
- Institute of Swahili Research questionnaire and circular letter for compiling research information
Swahili Dialects
- "Observations on the Order of Items in a Swahili Dialect" (Ki-Mtang'ata, spoken on the Mrima coast, ...
- Language notes and poetry in Micheweni Pemba, Kichumba, Matele, Ndagoni, Kiuyu and Chokocho
- Notes on Pemba grammar and Pemba word lists
- Examples of different speech sounds of various identified Swahili idiolects
- "Vocabulary of English Words and Sentences translated into Six Languages or Dialects (Ki-Unguja, Ki-...
- "The Phonology of the Swahili spoken in Bunyore Location, Kenya", by Carol J. Coryell
- Notes on Swahili dialects
Swahili Poetry Texts
- Allegorical verses in old KiMvita with English translation and glossary, collected by Ali bin Namaan...
- Collection of Pemba poetry by various authors
- "Hirizi ya shilingi mia", with related and other poetry, from various authors (some unidentified)
- Notes on Pemba verse
- "Mikidadi" / "Mikdadi na Mayasa" (epic Swahili poem, oral tradition)
- "Liasedi", (Pemba poem) by Mohamed bin Khamis Mugheri, with notes by Salim Mbaruk Mauly
- Collection of 32 Pemba poems by various authors, with translation and explanatory notes
- Pemba poetry collected by Sh. Khamis Hasan Ameir, with annotation by Sh. Salim bin Ali el Mendhari
- Poetry collection of Ahmad Nassir Juma with an introduction
- Collection of poetry (including praise poetry in honour of Shaaban Robert, by various authors from T...
- Later typed version of poetry (including praise poetry in honour of Shaaban Robert), by various auth...
- "Utenzi wa Amun bin Kulusa na mkewe Ramia binti Dasi zamani za Mtume Isa bin Maryam Raubi-Ilahi Ta- ...
- Critique (in French) of style of 3 poems, with French translation
- "Wawe" songs (traditionally sung on the day before a forest is burned to become a plantation), in Ki...
- "Shairi la kifo cha Kamange", (Pemba poem) by Sarahani, with annotations by Suleiman Mohamed Suleima...
- "Kiswahili" - poem by Shaaban Robert with English translation
- "Utenzi wa Shamiuni" (poem) by Mohamed Sikujua
- "Swahili Versification: traditional and modern" - explanation of the different types of Swahili vers...
Swahili Prose Texts
- Papers relating to Tippu Tip
- Non-fiction texts
- Programme for the official visit of HRH Princess Margaret to Arnautglu Community Centre, Dar es Sala...
- "Swahili traditional Histories", translated by G. S. P. Freeman-Grenville
- "The Beni Dance Songs", by H. E. Lambert
- "Risala ya Rais ya mwaka mpya kwa taifa" - President Julius Nyerere's new year speech to the nation
- "Digging into Swahili" by Kim Bush, offprint from Africa Today
- "Upendeleo uliosababisha vifo" - play by W. Sindato
- "No. 5 Sijambo Street" - play (unidentified author)
- Manuscript books containing transcripts of oral texts/recordings, of folk tales, poems, songs and fi...
- Folk tales
- "The 'Ba- Juni'" - notes on their ancestry, transcription of dictated text
- "The Collection of Swahili Literature and its Relation to Oral Tradition and History", by J. W. T. A...
- "Study of Swahili" - its history, literature and social implications, with bibliography, dedicated t...
Swahili Style
- Notes and correspondence regarding the project for a new English/Swahili, Swahili/ English dictionar...
- "An Active Introduction to Newspaper Swahili"
- "Ulinganifu wa maendelezo ya Kiswahili", by Mohamed Ali
- Inter-Territorial Language Committee Bulletin, on vocabulary developments in Swahili
- i) "Fasihi ya Kiswahili" (Swahili Style) by J. A. Ramadhani
- "Sarufi na ufasaha" - Swahili-English vocabulary and terminology with language description, by O. B....
- Investigation of Swahili Equivalents for 'mental illness/disease' together with the allied phrases a...
Swahili Miscellaneous Items
- East African Swahili Committee
- Minutes of a meeting of the Sub-Committee on Swahili, of the Language Committee African Education Pr...
- Teacher's supplement to Wasifu wa Siti binti Saad by Shaaban Robert
- "On the Distribution of Swahili in Western Kenya" by Bernd Heine
Language Material
- Bukusu
- Diriji
- Ganda
- Giryama
- Gusii
- Gusii
- Gusii
- Imakuani
- Iraqw
- Kamba
- Kamba
- Kamba
- Kamba
- Kamba
- Kamba
- Karimojon
- Kavirondo
- Kimakonde
- Kimbu
- Kipsigis
- Kirundi
- Kuria
- Luba
- Luhanga
- Luragoli
- Luyia
- Luyia
- Luyia
- Mbugu
- Mbulu
- Nandi
- Ngasa
- Ngomvia
- Pokomo
- Pokomo
- Rimi
- Safwa
- Shona
- Siluyana
- Tacooni
- Tapeth
- Teso
- Yao
- Yao
- Yao
- Yao
- Yao
- Yao field notes
- Yao
- Yao
- Yao
Bantu Languages
- "Outline Grammar of Bantu" by C. M. Doke
- "Bibliographia del Protobantu", by A. E. Meeussen
- Comparative Bantu
- "Internal and External Inconsistencies in Malcolm Guthrie's Comparative Bantu and other works"
- "An Outline of the Grammatical Structure of Central Bantu Languages: A field manual" by Talmy Givon
- "A Bantu Glossary - Annotated Index of Terms for the Analyis and Description of Bantu Languages"
Classification of African Languages
- "Observations on the Method of Classification employed by Diedrich Westermann and M.A. Bryan in thei...
- "The Lexical Description of African Languages: A reconsideration of Methodology" - Departmental semi...
- "Nilotic and Nilo-Hamitic: A Linguistic Review" - IDS discussion paper by Bernd Heine
- "Outline Vocabulary for African Languages" - list of English words for collection of other vocabular...
- Card index bibliographies
General Language Material
- Bibliographies
- "Language Research in Progress with particular reference to Great Britain" edited by David Crystal, ...
- "What is a Proverb?", by G. B. Milner, article in New Society
Art and Literature
- Report on the African Literature Committee for 1937
- Report of the Makerere Travelling Theatre
- Published material of the World Festival of 'Negro' Arts
- "The Development of an African Literature" by Edgar Wright
- "Bibliographie analytique selective sur la litterature orale de l'Afrique noire" by Veronika Gorog
- "Symbolism in African verbal art", by Daniel J. Crowley
- "Approaches to Oral Literature in Africa", with notes and bibliography
- "A Multi- Dimensional Approach to Oral Literature" by Hedda Jason
- "Bibliographie de la litterature negro-africaine d'expression francaise" compiled by Roger Mercier
- Transcript of lecture on Chagga philosophy of magic
Miscellaneous Material
- List of birds seen in southern Tanganyika 30 Jul. 1963 to 18 Jul. 1964, by C. J. Tweedy
- "Report on the Visit of Prof. and Mrs Allott (together with Mr Pearson) to the Soviet Union Oct. 17-...
- Information Report of the Secretariat for an Encyclopaedia Africana
- "The Illusion of Tribe", by Aidan Southall for publication in the Journal of African and Asian Studi...
- Master list of abbreviations of journals and publications
- "East African Seaports: An Application of the Concept of 'anyport'" by B. S. Hoyle