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Gusii

i) Texts with vocabulary and notes 16pp typescript, 36pp manuscript. ii) English translation of Gusii tales, 28pp manuscript, 16pp typescript. iii) English translation of Gusii texts, 34pp typescript, 38pp manuscript, with 20pp typescript Gusii texts. iv) "Emerabaara riigana erimo y'abaGusii" - G...

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PP MS 42/15/07

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Order number:	PP MS 42, Whiteley, Box 11
Date(s) of creation:	n.d.
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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

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