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Resources and Teaching Aids

  - Swahili Dictionary  - Sheng Dictionary  - Verb Conjugator  - Language Exchange  - Travel Vocabulary (also in Swahili) with audio
  - Swahili lessons at U Penn  - Institute of Swahili Research in Dar-es-Salaam  - Rosetta Stone for all languages
About Tourism

  - TTB: Tanzania Tourist Board
  - TANAPA: Tanzania National Parks
  - KWS: Kenya Wildlife Service
Newspapers - in English and Kiswahili

  - The Standard:Kenyan Newspaper
  - Nation Media: Kenyan Newspaper
  - IPP Media: Tanzanian Newspapers
  - New Times: Rwandan Newspaper
  - New Vision: Ugandan Newspapers
Swahili Musicians/Bands/Music Videos
    Note:
  • On some Web sites you can listen to music or watch videos (using an appropriate player)
  • "Bongo(land)" means Tanzania
  • "bongo flava" refers to Tanzanian music (style)
  • "genge" denotes Nairobi music (style)
  • "chakacha" is a music style halfway between Arabic and African
  • "taarab" is a kind of Arabic music adapted to East Africa and containing Swahili lyrics.
  • "Sheng" refers to a Swahili variation spoken mostly by Nairobi youths
  - Khadja Nin: Swahili singer from Burundi
  - Black Rose: Kiswahili musician from Tanzania
  - Music from Tanzania: Tanzanian Kiswahili albums
  - Videos at Youtube: Including Swahili videos
Enter e.g. "Swahili, Kiswahili, genge" or "Bongo Flava" into the search window to retrieve different results spanning several pages.
Radio Stations - Swahili (and English)

  - BBC: News in Swahili
  - Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: News in Swahili
  - Voice of America: News in Swahili
Organisations - East Africa, Central Africa, (southern) Africa

  - East African Community [EAC]  - Southern African Development Community [SADC]  - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [COMESA] - African Union [AU]  - NEPAD: New Partnership for African Development
Miscellaneous

  - Tanzanian AIDS education Website:
  - Disposable e-mail addresses
  - Tanzanian Website addresses
  - Tanzanian yellow pages
 - African Union [AU]
 - SADC  Southern African Development Community
 - NEPAD  New Partnership for African Development
 - H.E. Joseph Kabila Kabange President of DR Congo
 - Khadja Nin Swahili singer from Burundi
  - Lubumbashi  city in south-eastern Congo
  - Bukavu  city in north-eastern Congo
  - Burundi  Official government Website
  - Tanzania National Parks  also in English and German
  - Fondation Maisha  foundation for street kids in Lubumbashi
 - Radio Okapi  Congolese radio station
  - Amici di Moba  Congolese Website in Italy