The Nyakyusa Bookshelf

1a. Publications in Nyakyusa

Tetiteti 1914?. Berliner Mission

1b. Publications in Nyakyusa (Religious materials)

Inyimbo. (Book of psalms) United Bible Societies 1987, Bible Society of Tanzania Dodoma

Tesitamenti Umpya. (The new testament) Berlin 1908, Preussische Hauptbibelgesellschaft

Ulwitikano Ulupya. (The new testament) Nairobi, The Bible society in East Africa, NBSS 1966 (third edition 1971)

Ubumi bwa isiku nisiku. (bible verses) 55 pp, Scripture Gift Mission

Ubutuli ubufuma kumwanya. (bible verses) 48 pp, World Missionary Press inc.

Hymn book. (With various derivatives.)

Inyimbo sya kilisiti. (Hymnbook for baptists)

Katekisemu gwa banyakyusa/Kondekatechismus. Evangeliska Fosterlands-stiftelsens Förlag, Stockholm Sweden. 1950

Inyimbo sya bukristo/Kyangonde hymns. Chimaka Printing Works LTD-Mzuzu, Malawi

2. Linguistic publications (Dictionaries, Grammars, Teaching manuals)

Endemann, Carl

-- 1914. Erste Übungen in Nyakyusa In: 10. Beiheft zum Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten XXXI, 1913. Mitteilungen veröffentlicht vom Seminar für Kolonialsprachen in Hamburg (pp 1-92). Kommissionsverlag von Lucas Gräfe & Sillem. Hamburg
-- 1900 Zur Erklärung einer eigentümlichen Verbalform im Konde, Mitteilungen des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen, Berlin III Abt. [cited in Berger]
-- 1913. Erste Übungen in Nyakyusa, Beiheft zum Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 10. [Cited in Berger]

Meinhof, Carl. 1910 Grundriss einer Lautlehre der Bantusprachen. 2. Aufl. Berlin 1910. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer (VIII. Konde, S. 171 ff. und Index S. 301 ff.)

Schumann, Chr. 1899. Grundriss einer Grammatik der Kondesprache (Mitteilungen des Seminars für orientalische Sprachen. Berlin 1899. III.Abt)

Voorhoeve, Jan and Ngapona Mwangoka. 19XX. Cursus Kinyakyusa. Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Afrika Studiecentrum Leiden [4 parts: 1. Cursus praktische taalbeheersing (naar het voorbeeld van de Swahili Basic Course) 53 pp. 2. Text 13 pp. 3. Outline of Nyakyusa Grammar 21 pp. 4. Nyakyusa wordlist 22 pp.]

3. Anthropological/Historical/General books/articles

-- "Konde-Texte", Zeitschrift für Eingeborenensprachen, Bd. 32. (1950) "Aus dem Leben von Asyukile Malengo", Z.f. Eingeb.Sprachen, Bd. 35 (1942)
-- Die Schwiegerschau bei den Nyakyusa, Kolon.Rundsch(1943). 33(6):322-327 [cited in Konter 1974]
-- Aus dem Leben von Asyukile Malengo, Zeitschrift für Eingeborenen-Sprachen Bd 35 Zeitschrift für Eingeborenen-Sprachen (1950.)
-- Die Zwillingsgeburt bei den Nyakyusa, Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 73 (4/5):194-215 (1950)
-- Nyakyusa - Rätsel, Z.Phonetik und Allg.Sprachwiss 10(2): 108-119. (1957.) [cited in Konter 1974]

-- Wa-Konde, Klaus Renner Verlag, Germany (19??)
-- Swahili translation of Meyer 19??: Wa-Konde maisha, mila na desturi za Wanyakyusa, Motheco Publications, Mbeya Tanzania (1993.)

-- "Nyakyusa Kinship", in African Systems of Kinship and Marriage (Eds. A. R. Radcliffe-Brown and Daryll Forde), London. (1951)
-- Good Company, London. (1957)
-- Rituals of Kinship among the Nyakyusa, London. (1957a)
"Joking Relations in Central Africa " (letter), Man 57. (1958)
-- Peoples of the Nyasa-Tanganyika Corridor, Capetown.(1959)
-- Communal Rituals of the Nyakyusa, London. (1959a)
-- Divine Kings and the "Breath of Men", Frazer Lecture, Cambridge.(1964.)
Traditional art among the Nyakyusa. South African Archaeological Bulletin 19:57-63.(pottery culture)

-- (1936) "An Introduction to Nyakyusa Society", Bantu Studies X.
-- (1936a) "An African Morality", Africa IX.
-- (1937) "Introduction to Nyakyusa Law", Africa X.
-- (1938) The Land Rights of Individuals among the Nyakyusa, Rhodes-Livingstone Paper 1, Livingstone,
-- (1939) The Constitution of Ngonde, Rhodes.Livingstone Paper 3, Livingstone.
-- (1939a) "Nyakyusa Conventions of Burial", Bantu Studies XIII.
-- (1951) "The Nyakyusa of South-western Tanganyika", in Seven Tribes of British Central Africa (Eds. E. Colson and M. Gluckman), London 1951 and Manchester 1959. (Based closely on Wilson, G. 1936.)

4. Journals of interest and specific articles

Note the following abbreviations:
BG - Missionsblatt aus der Brüdergemeinde: Moravian Mission
JUF - Journal de l'unité des Frères: Moravian Mission
MB - Missionsberichte : Berlin Society Mission
JB - Jahresbericht (Annual Report)

Berlin Society (Berlin I) Missions-Berichte. (Available only to 1900 at the British Museum. For later years there is preserved only the Jahresbericht. (Lacks 1905 and 1907)).

5. Literature on neighboring/other tribes

Busse, Joseph 1960 Die Sprache der Nyiha in Ostafrika. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag

Chibambo, Y. M. (n.d.) My Ngoni of Nyasaland, London.

Culwick, A.T. and G. M. (1935) Ubena of the Rivers, London.

6. Other literature of interest

Bain, J. A. (1886) "Between Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika", The Free Church of Scotland Monthly.

Brown, D. M. (1923) "Life and Work in Central Africa", The Record (Free Church of Scotland). (1924) Circular letter (typescript), dated Itete Mission, 26 June. (Livingstonia Mss. 7887).

Cotterill, H. B. (1878) "On the Nyasa and a Journey from the North end to Zanzibar", Proc. R. Geog. Soc.

Deutsches Kolonialblatt (Official Journal for the German Protectorates)

Die Deutsche Kolonialzeitung (Organ of the Deutsche Kolonialverein).

Ebner, Fr. E. (1959) History of the Wangoni (duplicated)

Elton, J. F. (1879) Travels and Researches, London

Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (1948) The divine kingship of the Shilluk, Frazer Lecture, Cambridge.

Fitzner, R. Deutsches Kolonial-Handbuch, Berlin 1896 and annually from 1903-1913.

Fotheringham, L. M. (1891) Adventures in Nyasaland, London.

Fülleborn, F. (1906) Das Deutsche Njassa-und-Ruvuma-Gebiet, Berlin.

Giraud, V. (1890) Les Lacs de l'Afrique Equatoriale, Paris

Gluckman, M. (1940) "The kingdom of the Zulu", in African Political Systems (Eds. M. Fortes and E. E. Evans-Pritchard), London. (1963) Order and Rebellion in Tribal Africa, London.

Hall, R. de Z. (1943) "Nyakyusa Law from Court Records", African Studies. (1945) "Local Migration in Tanganyika", African Studies.

Hamilton, J. T. (1912) 20 Years of Pioneer Missions in Nyasaland (Moravian), Bethlehem, U.S.A.

Johnson, W.P. (1884) "7 Years Travel in the Region of Lake Nyasa", Proc. R. Geog. Soc., vi. (1926) My African Reminiscences, 1875-1895, London.

Johnston, Sir H. H. (1890) "British Central Africa" Proc. R. Geog. Soc.

Kerr-Cross, D. (1890) "Notes on the Country lying between Lakes Nyasa, Rukwa and Tanganyika", Scottish Geographical Magazine.

Kingdon, Z. E. (1951) " The initiation of a system of local government" , Journal of African Administration.

Kootz-Kretschmer, E. (1929) Die Safwa - das Leben, Berlin.

Laws, R. (1877) Ms. journal of a visit to the North End, October 1877. (Edinburgh University Library, Gen. 561/8.) (1878) Letter dated Livingstonia, 28 November, 1877, Free Church of Scotland Monthly Record.

Lehmann, F. R. (1951) "Some Field Notes on the Nyakyusa", Sociologus. (1951a) "Notes on the Daily life of the Nyakyusa", Sociologus.

Letcher, O. (1918) "The south-west Area of German East Africa", Geographical Journal.

Livingstonia Mission Archives; letters from the missionaries.

Lugard, F.J.D. (1893) The Rise of our East African Empire (Vol. I), Edinburgh and London.

Merensky, A. (1893) "Das Konde Volk im deutschen Gebiet am Nyasa-See", Verhandlungen der Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte. (1894) Deutsche Arbeit am Njassa, Berlin.

Moir, F. L. M. (1882(?)) Letter in an unidentified Scots paper, National Library of Scotland Mss. 57/7906. (1885) "The Eastern Route to Central Africa", Scot. Geog. Mag. (1923) After Livingstone, London.

Moravian Mission (Herrnhut): the German journal provides the most detailed coverage, but the French and English do not contain only material already published in it. Missions-Blatt aus der Brüdergemeinde (BG). Journal de l'Unité des Frères (JUF). Moravian Missionary Reporter, becoming Moravian Missions (1903).

Msanjila, Y. 1990. The role and status of ethnic languages in Tanzania. Kiswahili 57:46-54

Nkonjera, A. (1911-12) "History of the Kamanga Tribe of Lake Nyasa", J.Afr.Soc X, XI.

Nurse, Derek 1988. The diachronic background to the language communities of southwestern Tanzania. Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika 9:15-115

Oliver, R. (1952) The Missionary Factor in East Africa, London.

Provincial Commissioners, Annual Reports of the Tanganyika Territory, Dar es Salaam, 1929 onwards.

Raum, O. F. (1965) "Changes in African Life under German Administration 1892-1914", Chapter IV, History of East Africa, Vol. II, Eds. Harlow, V. and Chilver, E.M., Oxford.

Schnee, H. (1920) Deutsches Koloniallexicon (3 vols.), Leipzig.

Stewart, J. (1879) "The second Circumnavigation of Lake Nyasa", Proc.Roy.Geog.Soc.I.

Thomson, J. (1881) To the Central African Lakes and back (Vol. I. ), London.

Thwaites, D.H. (1944) "Wanyakyusa agriculture", E. Afr. Agric. J.9

Tew, M. (1950) Peoples of the Lake Nyasa Region, London

Watson, W. (1958) Tribal Cohesion in a Money Economy, Manchester.

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