This handy book is a beginner’s complete course in the Swahili language, designed especially for foreigners. The book is a result of the author’s many years of teaching experience. It is divided into two parts. Twenty-eight lessons and thirty-six exercises in Part One cover pronunciation, Swahili greetings and manners, classification of nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, etc. Part Two includes a study of Swahili usage in specific situations (e.g. at home, in the market, on the road, at the airport, etc.); eleven further lessons and thirteen exercises; the key to the exercises in Parts One and Two; and a Swahili-English glossary of words used in the book.