University of Gothenburg

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

AF1110 Swahili, Introductory Course, 7.5 credits

Introduktion till Swahili, 7,5 högskolepoäng
First Cycle

Reading list for AF1110, to be valid from spring semester of 2023

Reading list was confirmed by Department of Languages and Literatures on 2022-11-07
to be valid from 2023-01-16.

See appendix.
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AF1110 Introduktion till Swahili, 7,5 högskolepoäng

Swahili, Introductory Course, 7.5 credits
Grundnivå /First Cycle

Litteraturlista

Denna litteraturlista är fastställd av Institutionen för språk och litteraturer 2022-

11-07 att gälla fr.o.m. vårterminen 2023.

Obligatory literature / Obligatorisk litteratur

Course material on the university platform.

Reference literature / Referenslitteratur

Grammars:
Mohammed, M. A. 2001. Modern Swahili Grammar. Nairobi: East African Educational
Publishers
Mpiranya, Fidele. 2015. Swahili grammar and workbook. London/New York:
Routledge.
Polomé, Edgar. 1967. Swahili language handbook.
https://eric.ed.gov/?q=swahili+language+handbook&id=ED012888
Thompson, Katrina Daly; Schleicher, Antonia Folarin. 2001. Swahili Learners' Reference
Grammar. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=swahili&pg=4&id=ED455681

Dictionaries:
Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. & Otterbrandt, Tommy. 1987. Kortfattad Swahili-Svensk och
Svensk- Swahili Ordbok. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet

Institutionen för språk och litteraturer 1 (2)

Renströmsgatan 6, Box 200, 405 30 Göteborg
031 786 00 00
www.gu.se/sprak
Massamba, D. P. B. and Institute of Kiswahili Research. 1996. TUKI English-Swahili
dictionary: Kamusi ya Kiingereza-Kiswahili. Dar es Salaam: University of Dar es Salaam,
Institute of Kiswahili research.

Linguistic terminology:
https://glossary.sil.org/term

Other Swahili resources:

Swahili stories: https://www.storybookscanada.ca/stories/sw/
Vocabulary: https://www.digitaldialects.com/Swahili/vocabulary_builder2.htm
Swahili resources for further practice: https://www.stlawu.edu/modern-
languages/swahili-resources
TV-series: You can also find Swahili Fairy Tales, Ubongo kids and Tinga Tinga
videos on YouTube.

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