Dictionary of Literary Swahili

edited by Frans Wijsen and Harrie Tullemans ; foreword by Maarten Mous. A dictionary that offers a collection of vocabularies from Swahili texts, poetry, prose and proverbs. "The present dictionary is unique in the sense that it is not based on an earlier dictionary. Most other Swahili dictionaries take existing dictionaries as their starting point; the authors of this dictionary collected words from literature and through interviews with informants." - Dr. Maarten Mous Leiden University "... a great enhancement to the field of Swahili language, literature and linguistics." - Prof. Lioba Moshi University of Georgia"