Written by Sam Mwangi, former Teaching Assistant
Edited by Christopher Culy, Director of African Language Instruction
Designed by Christopher Culy and Sam Mwangi
The program of African Language Instruction at the University of Iowa was started
in 1991, and KiSwahili was the first language offered. Yoruba is now also taught.
Housed in the Department of Linguistics in the English and Philosophy Building, the program offers
four semesters of Swahili instruction; two semesters at the
Elementary level and two at the Intermediate level. Some of our
students have gone on to work in countries where Kiswahili is spoken,
either as Peace Corps volunteers, teachers, or researchers. Others
have found work with Non-Governmental Organisations based in USA but
which occassionally issue reports in Kiswahili. At least one of the
student is working with a fund raising organization based in a US
city which hosts several immigrants.