SOAS Research Online

Topan, Farouk (2008) 'Tanzania: the Successful Development of Swahili as a National and Official Language.' In: Simpson, Andrew, (ed.), Language and National Identity in Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Topan, Farouk (2004) 'From Mwana Kupona to Mwavita: Representations of female status in Swahili Literature.' In: Caplan, Patricia and Topan, Farouk, (eds.), Swahili Modernities. Culture, poilitics and identity on the East Coast of Africa. New Jersey: Africa World Press, pp. 213-227.

Caplan, Patricia and Topan, Farouk, eds. (2004) Swahili Modernities. Culture, Politics and Identity on the East Coast of Africa. New Jersey: Africa World Press.

Topan, Farouk (2004) 'Urban Folklore: The Swahili of Zanzibar.' In: Peek, Philip M. and Yankah, Kwesi, (eds.), African Folklore. An Encyclopaedia. London: Routledge, pp. 485-486.

Topan, Farouk (2003) 'Islam in African Literature.' In: Gikandi, Simon, (ed.), Encyclopaedia of African Literature. London: Routledge, pp. 242-245.

Topan, Farouk (2001) 'Islamic Religious Poetry in Africa.' Journal of African Cultural Studies (special issue), 14 (1). pp. 1-119.

Topan, Farouk (2001) 'Projecting Islam: Narrative in Swahili Poetry.' Journal of African Cultural Studies, 14 (1). pp. 107-119.

Topan, Farouk (2000) 'Being Muslim in East Africa: a Swahili Perspective.' In: Salter, T and King, Kenneth, (eds.), Africa, Islam and Development: Islam and Development in Africa - African Islam, African Development. Edinburgh: Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, pp. 283-297.

Topan, Farouk (2000) 'East African Languages.' In: France, Peter, (ed.), The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 129-132.

Topan, Farouk (2000) Siri (The Secret). Nairobi: Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. (Fasihi yetu, 5)

Topan, Farouk (2000) 'Swahili Literature.' In: Killam, D and Rowe, R, (eds.), The Companion to African Literatures. Oxford: James Currey; Indiana University Press, pp. 278-281.

Topan, Farouk (2000) 'Swahili and Isma'ili perceptions of Salat.' In: Headley, Stephen and Parkin, David, (eds.), Islamic Prayer across the Indian Ocean. London: Curzon Press, pp. 99-115.

Topan, Farouk (2000) 'Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North.' In: Hay, Margaret Jean, (ed.), African Novels in the Classroom. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, pp. 241-250.

Topan, Farouk (1998) 'Comment devient-on Musulman?' In: Le Cour Grandmaison, Colette and Crozon, A., (eds.), Zanzibar Aujourd'hui. Paris: Karthala, pp. 299-305.

Topan, Farouk (1998) 'Langue et culture swahili à Zanzibar.' In: Le Cour Grandmaison, Colette and Crozon, A., (eds.), Zanzibar Aujourd'hui. Paris: Karthala, pp. 247-258.

Topan, Farouk (1997) 'Biography writing in Swahili.' History in Africa, 24. pp. 299-307.

Topan, Farouk (1996) 'Muslim perceptions in a Swahili oral genre.' In: Harrow, Kenneth W., (ed.), The Marabout and the Muse. London: Heinemann and James Currey, pp. 116-123. (Studies in African literature)