Reference Books on Kiswahili Proverbs 
Marejeo (Vitabu) Juu ya Methali za Kiswahili

1. Balisidya Materu, M. L. N. (1987). Adopted or Adapted to? Neo Swahili Literature in Tanzania, Journal of the Institute of Kiswahili Research, Dar-es-Salaam.
2. Casimiri Kuhenga (1982). Nahau za Kiswahili, Eastern Africa Publications Limited, Arusha.
3. Chuwa, A. R. (1987). Uingizaji wa methali katika kamusi ya Kiswahili Sanifu, Journal of the Institute of Kiswahili Research, Dar-es-Salaam.
4. Farsi, S. S. (1958). Swahili sayings no. 1 (proverbs). Kenya Literature Bureau, Nairobi.
5. Farsi, S. S. (1958, 1991). Swahili sayings no. 2 (riddles and superstitions). Kenya Literature Bureau, Nairobi .
6. Franz Eppert (1990). Sprichwoerter und Zitate, Verlag Klett Edition Deutsch GmbH, Mnchn.
7. Goeroeg-Karady, V. (1983). Genres, Forms, Meanings: Essays in African Oral Literature, MSH Paris.
8. Kalugila, L. (1977). Swahili proverbs from East Africa, Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, Uppsala.
9. Kapinga, M. C. (1983). Sarufi maumbo ya Kiswahili sanifu, Institute of Kiswahili Research, Dar-es-Salaam.
10. Knappert, J. (1979). Four centuries of Swahili verse, Heinemann, London.
11. Legere, K. (1987). Kiswahili na lugha nyinginezo katika kudai uhuru Tanganyika (1945-1961). Journal of the Institute of Kiswahili Research, Dar-es-Salaam.
12. Madete, R. (1993). Stichwoerter als Kleidersprache in Tuechern/Ausstellung von Kangas aus Kenya in Koeln.
13. Miroo, K. (1985). Analyse der Swahili-Sprichwoerter, Magisterarbeit, Universitaet zu Koeln.
14. Mutiso, K. and Chul-joon, Y. (1988). Dictionary of Swahili-English-Korean Proverbs, Seol Korea.
15. Ndulute, C. L. (1987). Shaaban Rober´s Poetic Landscape: From Ethnicism to Nationalism, Journal of the Institute of Kiswahili Research, Dar-es-Salaam.
16. Polomé, E. C. (1967). Swahili language handbook, Center for applied linguistics, Washington D.C.
17. Rauch, K. (1970?). Sprichwoerter der Voelker, Verlag Eugen Diederichs.
18. Schneider, L. & Bachem, P. (1969). Afrikanische Sprichwoerter, Verlag Jakob Hegner, Koeln.
19. Sengo, T. S. Y. (1987). Towards Maturity in Kiswahili Scholarship, Journal of the Institute of Kiswahili Research, Dar-es-Salaam.
20. Shaaban Robert:

• Adili na nduguze, Mc millan and Co., London, 1952.
• Kusadikika, Nelson & Sons Ltd, Nairobi, 1968.
• Maisha yangu baada ya miaka hamsini, Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1967.
• Sinti bin Saad, East African Committee Journal, Na. 28/1 , 1958.
• Siku ya watenzi wote, Nelson, Nairobi, 1968.
• Taasis ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili (1981). Kamusi ya Kiswahili Sanifu, Oxford University press and Institute of Kiswahili Research University of Dar es Salaam.

1. Thonya, L. M. (1978). Misingi ya Kiswahili, Black Star Agencies, Dar-es-Salaam.
2. Whiteley, W. (1969). Swahili: The rise of a National Language, Oxford: Methuen.