The Revolution is Ours: Introducing the Pan-African Students’ Union
Posted January 20, 2022
by Bengi Rwabuhemba, junior, Northwestern University As a Freshman, I found the Alliance of African Scholars (AAS) to be one of the few spaces...Category: Students
Swahili Corner: A personalized language experience
Posted June 14, 2021
by Nina Fridman, junior, Northwestern University When I first came to Northwestern, Weinberg’s six-class language requirement felt like a chore. I was uninterested in...
Afrisem Conference 2021: Africanist Knowledge that Agitates
Posted May 29, 2021
June 10-11 join the Northwestern graduate student group Africa Seminar (Afrisem), for their 2021 conference with keynote speakers Dr. Frank Mugisha (Executive Director, Sexual...
Swahili Corner: Brandon Joseph
Posted March 18, 2021
by Brandon Joseph, sophomore, Northwestern University I initially joined the Swahili program because one of my football team-mates recommended it. I did not know...
Swahili Corner: Covid Safety in Swahili
Posted February 25, 2021
This winter quarter, Prof. Peter Mwangi’s Swahili students translated Covid-19 safety signs around Northwestern University’s campus from English to Swahili. ...
Stranded in Mauritania during COVID
Posted October 8, 2020
by Charlie Hummel, junior studying political science and economics at Northwestern University Spring quarter of my sophomore year I got the chance to work...
Swahili Corner: Claudia M. Kalisa
Posted September 22, 2020
by Claudia M. Kalisa, Northwestern undergrad student I was born in Luxembourg but raised in Rwanda. I moved to the US for college in...