AKNOWLEDGEMENTS

KISWAHILI ?    HAKUNA MATATA !

This new Swahili learning method for beginner students was developed solely for the internet and has never been published nor distributed in bookshops. It has no copyright, and can be used and be copied out freely, on any supports, electronic or paper.

It is only kindly asked, in case of the public use of a paragraph or a chapter, to quote the URL of this site : http://mwanasimba.online.fr/E_index.html

Sources of some of the material used in this site :

1. PICTURES AND PHOTOS :

   • Collection of personal photos and slides, 1973 through 1986.
   • Cartoons :
     1. CHAKUBANGA by C. Gregory, published in UHURU, Tanzania.
     2. KISA CHA MZEE MEKO by Philip Neli Ndunguru.
   • Flags : http://www.crwflags.com.

2. EXAMPLES :

   Some of the examples have been taken or adapted from the following sources :
   • SIMPLIFIED SWAHILI by P.M. Wilson, 1970.
   • SWAHILI by D.V. Perrot, 1951.
   • SWAHILI GRAMMAR by E.O. Ashton, 1947.
   • KISWAHILI GRAMMAR NOTES : http://www.yale.edu/swahili/grammar/grammar.htm Yale program in African languages.
   
   
   

3. DIALOGUES :

   • Greetings :http://www.linguistics.uiuc.edu/swahili/courses/231/lesson2/index.html.
   
   
   

4. MUSIC AND LYRICS :

   • National Anthems : http://www.thenationalanthems.com.
   • Jazz Bands and Taarab : copies of vinyl singles from Mwana Simba's own collection.
   
   
   

5. JAVASCRIPTS :

   • Random pictures : http://www.editeurjavascript.com/scripts/scripts_images_02.php.
   • Hidden e-mail : Nic's JavaScript Page.
   
   
   

6. HTML CODE :

   • html validator : CSE HTML Validator Lite v7.01.

7. PUZZLES :

   • Provided by : HEMERA PRODUCTS.

Help received during the construction of the site :

This site on Swahili language, which started as a solitary exercise in front of my computer keyboard, developped little by little into a real teamwork, with a small group of individuals, some of them living thousands of miles apart, who shared a common interest either in Bantu linguistics or in computer science, or both. Here is a list (not exhaustive) of some prominent contributors to MWANA SIMBA :

• 'Robotnik' : worked on photos and sound files, adapted some of the javascripts. Webmaster :

  

• 'Dominik' : proofreading of the French version, advice in computer science. Webmaster :

  

• 'Baba Sharubu' : proofreading of the English version, tested the exercises as a real student.

• 'Upepo' : Revision of the grammatical progression, Swahili accuracy. (Post-graduate in African Studies - Swahili, INALCO, Paris, 1999).

• Said Ali Said, from Zanzibar : Tongue Twisters in Swahili, published on our page of games.

• Erik van der Does de Bye : a Swahili student, he has started to translate Mwana Simba's Swahili grammar in Dutch.

May they receive here the expression of my heartfelt thanks.

Abdillahi Didier Cornice, Reunion Island / Mayotte Island, August 2002 - February 2008.

Here is Mwana Simba's banner, for Mwana Simba's friends to paste in their own sites with the link : http://mwanasimba.online.fr/E_index.html