Since I am not fluent in Swahili I have scoured the internet for basic information and translations on key objects and animals to use for the alphabet aswell as information about the Swahili alphabet structure. This has been quite fruitless, I have actually purchased a book entitled "Jambo means Hello" and read through it. This book by Muriel Feelings is a sepia style illustrated book about the Swahili alphabet and terms relating to those letters. Although this was beneficial in some ways, some terms could not be illustrated in the manner that I wish to.

I then sought advice, a former missionary whom I met during my time in Tanzania, we are still in contact and this bond was more than helpful, he is fluent in Swahili and still has many contacts in Tanzania. Between him and another priest whom I met out there, I gained a full alphabet of letters. Some were harder to get than others as they were suggesting words which would be difficult to illustrate.