the Swahili Resource website
Links
Bibliographical and resources
SOAS Swahili Manuscripts Database
Swahili Language Acquisitions at Columbia University Libraries, 1979-2010
Swahili Forum. Journal published from Johannes Gutenberg University.
COSTECH Digital library. A selection of documents, published and unpublished, concerning Tanzania.
African Books Collective catalogue of books in Swahili
Swahili translation of the Qur’an
Internet Archive text repository has a collection of historical texts, many touching on the Swahili world
Verba Africana. Taarab and Ngoma Performances
The Kamusi Project, home of the Internet Living Swahili Dictionary
Perseus Digital Library at Tufts University
Empire Online has a small number of texts touching on the Swahili world
Pieter Derideaux's History of East Africa website, an extremely comprehensive collection of historical texts dealing with East Africa. An earlier version is archived at http://www.geocities.ws/pieterderideaux/
Indian Ocean in World History, an online resource for schools, sponsored by the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Centre.
Alhidaaya. Commentaries on the Qur’an and the Sunna
Institutional sites and societies
ANR Swahili Research Group, working on “the dimensions of the Swahili object” (en français) (currently unavailable)
IOStudies, a mailing list for Indian Ocean Studies, including the Swahili coast.
Swahili Society. A website maintained by SOAS Swahili students (currently unavailable)
ZIORI (Zanzibar Indian Ocean Research Institute)
Personal and community sites
East African Notes and Records, Martin Walsh’s blog
Language and Popular Culture in Africa. Johannes Fabian’s site with a specific focus on Shaba/Katanga Swahili
Mafia Island Website maintained by Pat Caplan
Zanzinet, a forum that brings together Zanzibaris
Zanzibar Unveiled, a very comprehensive site including historical photographs of Zanzibar