African Languages project
Africa House collaborates with the Africana Studies at New York University to offer various courses in African languages during the academic year.
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Swahili: Introduction
Taught by Muhsin Alidina
Provides students with an elementary understanding of Swahili, a Bantu language with a rich oral and written tradition that is spoken by about 100 million people from Somalia to Mozambique and Zanzibar. After a short presentation of Swahili's history, codification, and relation to other languages, students are drilled in phonetics and grammar. They are also introduced to some poems, songs, and oral narratives.
Swahili I: Intermediate
Taught by Zablon Bwire
Prerequisites: Elementary Swahili I and Elementary Swahili II or departmental permision.
This course builds upon the basic knowledge of the pronunciation, vocabulary, useful expressions and fundamental grammatical features already attained at introductory level to strengthen reading, writing, and conversation skills accessing a wide range of grammatical and literary knowledge of the language, its cultural context, and literary genre. The students are required to familiarize themselves with a novel and a play written in Kiswahili.
Yoruba 1
Taught by Ifeoluwa Ogundare
Provides students with an elementary understanding of Yoruba. After a short presentation of Yoruba's history, codification, and relation to other languages, students are drilled in phonetics and grammar. They are also introduced to some poems, songs, and oral narratives.
Hausa 1
Taught by David Mikailu
Provides students with an elementary understanding of Hausa. After a short presentation of Hausa's history, codification, and relation to other languages, students are drilled in phonetics and grammar. They are also introduced to some poems, songs, and oral narratives.