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== Lamu Fort Library Sections ==
The Librarian had subdivided the library into Research, Archive, E-library and Maktaba Sanaa section, for easy retrieval of information.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
 
=== Research section ===
The research section holds theses, projects, historical books, periodicals, bibliographies, and dissertations. The collection covers Lamu history, archaeology, anthropology and poetry. It includes many rare publications of popular Swahili writers such as: Professor Sheikh Nabhany,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jumbe |first=Ishaq |title=Kenya's Kiswahili guru Professor Ahmed Sheikh Nabhani is dead |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001230457/kenya-s-kiswahili-guru-professor-ahmed-sheikh-nabhani-is-dead |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-05 |title=Sun sets on Ahmed Nabhany, one of Kenya's best Kiswahili literary and cultural icons |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/weekend/sun-sets-on-ahmed-nabhany-one-of-kenya-s-best-kiswahili-literary-and-cultural-icons-368144 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Nation |language=en}}</ref> Lamu Conservation books by Usam Ghaidan,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Usam Ghaidan - Academia.edu |url=https://independent.academia.edu/UsamGhaidan |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=independent.academia.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=GHAIDAN |first=Usam |url=https://www.amazon.com/Lamu-Study-Conservation-Usam-Ghaidan/dp/B001N3UPXK |title=Lamu: A study in conservation |date=1976-01-01 |publisher=East African Literature Bureau |edition=Prima edizione |language=English}}</ref> and Quest for the past : An historical guide to the Lamu Archipelago by Chrysee MacCasler Perry Martin and Esmond Bradley Martine,{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Francesco Siravo and Ann Pulver, new research collections "in this fragile World"<ref>{{Citation |last=Mau |first=Ustadh Mahmoud |title=In This Fragile World: Swahili Poetry of Commitment by Ustadh Mahmoud Mau |date=2023-02-06 |work=In This Fragile World |url=https://brill.com/edcollbook-oa/title/62192 |access-date=2024-03-15 |publisher=Brill |language=en |isbn=978-90-04-52572-6}}</ref> a book edited by Clarissa Vierke and Annachiara Raia and many more.