Swahili Songs and Poetry

As a resource for visitors to the Kamusi Project, we have decided to make available lyrics to songs written in Swahili. This page also provides links to other sites featuring Swahili Poetry and Music. If you are interested in working with us to improve this page, please contact us!

The UCLA Swahili Poetry Project is an experimental site devoted to the dissemination of information about Swahili poetry, to its collection and archiving, and for providing tools which will allow students and scholars to access, read, and understand this rich heritage.

The Holy Quran is available in lyrical Swahili translation.

Many compact disks with music in Swahili are available - purchases made through this link will return a percentage of the sale price to the Kamusi Project..

The East African Music Page provides information about many artists and albums.

If you know of songs or sources of East African music you would like to see here, please send us the lyrics. (We do not post religious music, but would be happy to provide links from this page.)

Listen to Swahili Taarab Music in Real Audio!

Right now we only have lyrics to a few songs. Expansion of this page relies on your contributions. If you have lyrics to songs that we can post without violating copyright regulations, please let us know.

• Malaika
• Majengo
• Harambee
• Jambo