Celebrating diversity: Swahili students shine at campus festivals
Posted August 25, 2024
By: Zainab Momany Amidst the vibrant cultural exchange and celebration on our campus, I had the privilege of preparing...Category: Swahili Corner
Student reflections on learning Swahili
Posted June 8, 2024
On June 2nd, 2004, I was born in the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Does that mean...
Student reflections on learning Swahili
Posted April 24, 2024
Lauren Gomez Without a doubt, embarking on my journey to learn Swahili has been one of my most enriching experiences...
My experience at the mid-year Fulbright Foreign Language Assistants conference
Posted November 17, 2023
By: Faith Jebet On November 11th, all roads led to Washington, DC, for this year’s Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTA) from different...
Student reflections on their experience as Fulbright-Hayes awardees this summer in Kenya
Posted October 15, 2023
Swahili corner: Nick Bucciarelli writes “This was my first trip to Kenya, and my first to Africa. Kenyans are proud to be Africans,...
Swahili corner
Posted February 18, 2023
By: Gabriel West I am in my second year of Swahili and my third year at Northwestern. I postponed taking a language course due...
PAS welcomes new Foreign Language Teaching Associate
Posted September 20, 2022
PAS welcomes new Foreign Language Teaching Associate Faith Jebet Bitok. holds a BEd from Kenyatta University in Nairobi. She has also completed a short...
Swahili corner
Posted September 15, 2022
Northwestern’s Swahili program is part of what attracted me to the University. I knew I wanted to learn a nontraditional language and I had...
Swahili class at Harambee 2022
Posted February 21, 2022
by Janet Ochieng, Fulbright foreign language teaching assistant for Swahili A clip of students performing “Wageni Wako Wapi.” To join in Black History Month...
Swahili Corner: summer safety signage
Posted July 31, 2021
Beach signs translated from English to Swahili by Prof. Peter Mwangi’s Swahili students. Stay safe on the beach this summer! ...