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  Zhukov, Andre. 2004. Old Swahili-Arabic Script and the Development of Swahili Literary Language.  Sudanic Africa 15:1-15.

A general discussion of the development of the Swahili literary tradition.  The pdf available on the internet does not have a bibliography.  Zhukov 2004.