NSU Receives Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence Grant to Offer Swahili and African-Literature
Norfolk, Va.—Norfolk State University’s Center for Global Education in
cooperation with the Office of International Programs at Tidewater
Community College has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence
grant for the 2004-2005 academic year. The grant will enable the
university to host Andrew Mwenda Mbatiah, a senior scholar from the
University of Nairobi, which is located in Kenya.
Mbatiah, a scholar with a diverse academic background and
accreditations, will teach elementary Swahili and African literature,
and offer curriculum development workshops. As the editor and main
contributor of Mwendawazimu na Hadithi Nyingine, an anthology of Swahili
short stories, and the author of the first Sawahili dictionary of
literary terms, Mbatiah’s expertise includes the African writer as a
defender of human rights, the voice of women writers in Swahili
literature and the African novel as a protest against oppression.
This critical language project is one of many international education
initiatives sponsored by the Center for Global Education, which was
recently created to coordinate and direct international activities and
programs at Norfolk State University. The Center is committed to
infusing global perspectives throughout all aspects of student, faculty
and academic life at the university.
For more information about the Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence program or
to schedule a workshop for your school or community group, call the
Center for Global Education at 823-2140 or email
globaleducation@nsu.edu.
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