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4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Swahili poetry and Songs

1.
Author: Hichens, William, -1944
Title: List of poems

Material collected by Hichens for an unpublished book on Swahili literature

Incipit: Outline of Swahili literature
Language(s): English

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2.
Author: Liongo Fumo
Title: Shuhuda ya Mashairi ya Liongo

Swahili poems of Liongo

Incipit: Fungu la Kwanza. Yatandi pembe ya ndovu, Kipambo chema cha yonga
Language(s): Swahili

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3.
Author: Kijuma, Muhammad
Title: Swahili songs
Language(s): Swahili

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4.
Author: Kijuma, Muhammad
Title: Wimbo

Short songs collected and transliterated by Muhammad Kijuma

Language(s): Swahili

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33 f. 40 f. 131 f. c.150 f.
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"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".

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