Swahili Literature

Main group 1

• Mazrui, Alamin M., Swahili beyond the boundaries: literature, language, and identity, Athens, Ohio University Press, 2007Compulsory*
• Mbele, Joseph L., Wimbo wa Miti: An example of Swahili women's poetry, Part of: African languages and cultures, vol. 9, no. 1, 1996, p. 71–82Compulsory*
• Mulokozi, M. M., Revolution and Reaction in Swahili Poetry, Part of: Utafiti., 1975Compulsory*
• Ohly, Rajmund, Aggressive prose: a case study in Kiswahili prose of the seventies, Dar es Salaam, Institute of Kiswahili research, 1981Compulsory*
• Topan, Farouk, Why Does a Swahili Writer Write?: Euphoria, Pain, and Popular Aspirations in Swahili Literature, Part of: Research in African literatures., vol. 37, no. 3, 2006, p. 103–119Compulsory*
• Topan, Farouk, Projecting Islam: Narrative in Swahili Poetry, Part of: Journal of African cultural studies., vol. 14, no. 1, 2001, p. 107–119Compulsory*
• Pike, Charles, History and Imagination: Swahili Literature and Resistance to German Language Imperialism in Tanzania, 1885-1910, Part of: The International journal of African historical studies., vol. 19, no. 2, 1986, p. 201–233Compulsory*

* Compulsory