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Swahili manuscripts database.
- Format:
- Website/Database
- Language:
- English
- Swahili
- Subjects (All):
- Knappert, Jan.
- Swahili literature.
- Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927--Archives.
- Taylor, W. E.
- Werner, Alice, 1859-1935--Archives.
- Werner, Alice.
- Hichens, William, -1944--Archives.
- Hichens, William.
- Whiteley, Wilfred Howell--Archives.
- Whiteley, Wilfred Howell.
- Knappert, Jan--Archives.
- Omar, Yahya Ali--Archives.
- Omar, Yahya Ali.
- Genre:
- Archives.
- Databases.
- Physical Description:
- Began in 2000s?
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Also known as: Swahili manuscripts project
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
- Language Note:
- Site in English; digitized manuscript pages in Swahili.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- System requirements: A sound player (such as QuickTime) to play sound recordings.
- text file
- Summary:
- A searchable collection of bibliographic information on Swahili manuscripts held at the SOAS Library in Britain. Includes more than 250 manuscripts dating from the 1790's to the 1970's, and contains the papers of William Taylor, Alice Werner, William Hichens, Wilfred Whiteley, Jan Knappert and Yahya Ali Omar. Letters, poetry, stories, notes, essays on history and culture, and drafts of published and unpublished books number among the collection's offerings. Some sound recordings and digitized manuscript pages are also available.
- Notes:
- Title from home page (viewed Feb. 29, 2008).
- Produced by the Swahili Manuscripts Project, a collaboration between the Department of the Languages and Cultures of Africa, University of London, and the SOAS Library.
- OCLC:
- 212623230
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