Swahili at The University of Mississippi

04/28/2022

2018! We love our Swahili program at Ole Miss! If you love Africa you better love her languages too!

03/07/2022

Swahili students three years ago! We are proud of these students for choosing Swahili, one of the African languages, which is widely spoken.

02/27/2022

Neema Loy remembers one of her first students at the University of Mississippi:
"This is Crissandra George. She was one of my first Swahili students at the University of Mississippi. I'm so proud that she could achieve this level of speaking just by learning Swahili for a few semesters, and traveling to Tanzania for a few weeks study abroad program."

Crissandra George (au Chiku Mkubwa kwa jina lake la KiSwahili) anasimulia yake kuhusu kujifunza KiSwahili hapa katika Chuo Kikuu cha Mississippi. Chiku mkubw...

02/16/2022

Unataka kamusi ya kiSwahili? KiSwahili-kiIngereza (English) na kiIngereza- kiSwahili. Hii hapa inaweza kukusaidia:

TUKI, the best available English-Swahili dictionary with 16000+ entries, including idioms, examples and technical words

02/12/2022

We're proud to offer Swahili at the University of Mississippi

Swahili speakers have welcomed the news that the United Nations has designated 7th July as the World Kiswahili language Day — the official day to celebrate the Swahili language.

11/01/2021

A good language classroom creates opportunities for students to carry the real conversations. Today our classroom was turned into a Tanzanian market. Students practiced buying and selling several products in Swahili. This means they won't have trouble buying things in Swahili communities when they go there. Now they know the value of several items in Tanzanian shillings. They also know how different items are referred to in Swahili. They also know words and phrases for purchasing things in Swahili.

09/29/2021

Tumezungumzia methali za kiSwahili leo. Ilikuwa ni raha sana kujifunza methali za kiSwahili na kuzifananisha na za lugha ya kiIngereza na lugha zingine. Ungependa kujua methali moja ya kiSwahili?
"Haba na haba hujaza kibaba" na tuna wimbo wa methali hiyo! Jipe raha! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV1NBfr5OI4&ab_channel=StellaMwangi

K**a wapenda kujifunza lugha, methali hii inatufundisha kwamba kujifunza lugha ni kujifunza kidogo kidogo! Unajifunza neno moja leo, kesho mawili, kesho matatu mpaka unajikuta unaweza kuzungumza kwa kutumia lugha hiyo!
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We talked about Swahili proverbs today. It was fun to learn the Swahili proverbs and think about their equivalents to English and other languages. Do you want to know one of the Swahili proverbs?
"Haba na haba hujaza kibaba" ("little by little fills up the piggy bank") and here is a song for it. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV1NBfr5OI4&ab_channel=StellaMwangi

As language lovers, this proverb teaches us that learning a language takes small steps. You learn a word or two today, you add more on the following day, and eventually, you get enough to communicate!

09/23/2021

Swahili Club 9/22/2021

It was a questions and answers session. Along with the discussion about foods and places to visit in East Africa participants in the club also had the following questions for discussion.

1. How do politics differ in Tanzania from America?
2. (a) In the Bantu region what are the most notable companies established there? (b) Given the relatively young population in the region, how do you feel globalization will affect the region?
3. What are some famous myths/ legends from East Africa?
4. What are some common misconceptions about East Africa?

You can also join our discussion by responding to any of the questions above. Just leave your comments and we will be glad to read your opinions!

09/14/2021

Day #1 of International Education Week (9/13) with Global Engagement Organization. Everyone got their names translated to Swahili. Come see us tomorrow (9/14) on the Circle at 10 am - 2 pm. We'll be here through Thursday during the same time. You'll learn about Swahili Club, Swahili program at the University of Mississippi, basic Swahili vocabulary, numbers and more! We'll also translate your name to Swahili!

04/26/2021

So proud of our Swahili students! Isabel Spafford Bradford Evans

OXFORD, Miss. – For the second time in three years, seven accomplished students at the University of Mississippi have been named as recipients of the prestigious David L. Boren Scholarship from the National Security Exchange Program. All either are or have been enrolled in the university’s Croft...

03/31/2021

So proud of our Matthew Travers. Such a good ambassador of Swahili from the University of Mississippi, and a volunteering leader and instructor at SiSaLeSe

OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi seniors are headed to China in September with an opportunity to spend two years studying in Beijing with scholars from around the world after being named UM’s first-ever Yenching fellows. Lennis Barlow, from Madison, and Matthew Travers, from St. Lou...