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Kiswahili translation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Interestingly, in the illustration appearing on the cover as well as those throughout the text, Alice is depicted as an African girl.

Call Number: PR4611 .A7184 1967

Abridged Swahili translation of Haggard’s King Solomon’s Mines.

Call Number: PR4731 .K5 S9 1948

Swahili translation of Enfant noir by the Guinean author, Laye Camara.

Call Number: PQ3989 .C27 Z46518 1974

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is quite possibly the most politicized text to be translated into the Swahili language. The text first appeared in 1967, the same year as the ujamaa socialist scheme was introduced in Tanzania. It was meant by the…

Translation of Caitani mutharaba-ini , originally written in Kikikuyu by the well-known Kenyan author, Ngugi wa Thiong’o.

Call Number: PL8379.9 .N4 C319 1997

It seems relevant in the context of Swahili language and politics to draw attention to Kamara Kusupa’s recently published prison memoir recounting his experience as political detainee in a Tanzanian prison.

Call Number: DT448.25.K87 A3 2011

Julius Nyerere's speech on freedom and progress.

Call Number: DT448.2 .N94 1967

Julius Nyerere's speech on the importance of the socialist scheme he introduced into Tanzania during his presidency.

Call Number: DT448.2 .N94 1967

A collection of praise poems of Jomo Kenyatta, first President of Kenya.

Call Number: PL8704.A2 W3

A collection of praise poems about President Daniel Arap Moi of Kenya.

Call Number: PL8704 .A2 W33