Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Digital Libraries
- The Kamusi Project Internet Living Swahili Dictionary [1]
The Kamusi Project Internet living Swahili dictionaries - Online Dictionary: Swahili - English [2]
Online Kiswahili - English Dictionary - Online English to Swahili Dictionary [3]
- Online Dictionaries - Swahili Dictionaries Online [4]
Offers a collection of pages with links to online dictionaries - New eletronic Swahili-English Dictionary [5]
LanguageStudy
Grammar
- Karibu Kwangu [6]
- Advanced verb parser, verb derivatives, noun agreements, etc.
- Swahili Nouns [7]
Swahili noun classification system
Vocabulary
- Swahili Vocabulary [8]
Basic Swahili vocabulary
Reading & Writing
- Omniglot [9]
Information about Swahili alphabet, pronunciation, and language system - Kanga Writings [10]
Swahili proverbs - Swahili Proverbs [11]
Culture
News & Media
- ABYZ News Links: media portal [12]
A portal providing international, national, and local news - TV Radio World: international media directory [13]
The website of TV Radio World - BBC World Service [14]
Streaming audio news in Swahili - Newspaper and Information Source for East Africa [15]
Entertainment: Arts, Films & Music
- Internet Movie Database (IMDB) [16]
- List of over 90 Swahili titles, including cast and plot information
- Swahili Music Portal [17]
MP3s of historical recordings fusing traditional and pop and jazz influences - Swahili music directory [18]
Sites & cultural music resources which offer free Swahili songs
Information about Swahili Culture
- Archives of Popular Swahili [19]
Popular culture in Africa - The Swahili coast [20]
Swahili culture and people
The UI Main Library Films Collection
The UI Main Library offers extensive media collections in various languages. To find films, please visit the UI Main Library website and follow these steps:
1. Select "advanced search"
2. Scroll down to "Limit Search to:"
3. Choose your specific language and
4. Choose "Video-all" for "format."
Iowa City Public Library Catalogue
The Iowa City Public Library holds materials for several less commonly taught languages. Please check the catalogue [21] by typing the name of your language.
Search Engines and Directories
- Dar Hotwire: web portal [22]
A Dar es Salaam news, entertainment and education web portal focused on youth - Google World Directories [23]
An online directory that categorizes web pages by language
International Writing Program (IWP) Writers
Kenya
2007 Peter KIMANI (novelist, fiction writer, poet)
- Bibliography [24]
- Selection from work [25]
Tanzania
2005 Yvonne Owour ADHIAMBO (playwright)
- Bibliography [26]
- Selection from work [27]