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Kiswahili Language
Lessons
TUZUNGUMZE KISWAHILI
Kiswahili
language lessons are telecast live
two times a week on the School District
of Philadelphia Network, Cable Channel
51 and 52. The program,
"'Tuzungumze Kiswahili' Let's
Speak Swahili", is televised
on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9
to 9:30 a.m. The instructor is Dr.
Alwiya Omar, African Language Coordinator
at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Omar and her invited guests who
are from East Africa or have visited
East Africa share the cultural aspects
of the different countries where Kiswahili
is spoken--the people, the history,
and the geography.
Broadcasts
began September 15, 1997, and continue
through May 29, 1998. Programs are
replayed on Tuesday and Thursday evenings
at 5:30 and 9:30 p.m., on Fridays
at 3:30 and 8:30 p.m. and on Saturdays
and Sundays at 9:00 a.m., 2:30 and
7:30 p.m.
Videotapes of the televised language
programs will be made available to
school districts, teachers, and interested
organizations at cost at the end of
the 1997-98 school year.
Resources researched
by
Abdelaziz Marhoum, & David A. Samper
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Further information on the African Studies
Center can be obtained from
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African
Studies Center
645 Williams Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215 898 6971
Fax: 215 573 8130
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Ali
B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.
ASC Web Editor
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