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ALDIN KAI MUTEMBEI

Professor, Institute of Kiswahili Studies
Education:

B.A (Ed.) Hons; M.A (Ling) Dar; MA. PhD. (Leiden)

Teaching:

Kiswahili and African Literature

African Languages in Education

Literary Theories

Kiswahili in Public Health:

Research:

Oral and Written African Literature, African Languages in Education, Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Projects:

  1. The Global Promotion and Internationalisation of Kiswahili Language in Africa and Beyond.
  2. Ufundishaji wa Kiswahili Kama Lugha ya Kigeni Barani Afrika.
  3. Teaching and Learning Kiswahili Using Other African Indigenous Languages as Business and Investment Resource: An Economic Diplomacy Strategy.Teaching and Learning Kiswahili Language Using Arabic Language:  A Potential Resource for Afro-
  4. Arabic Cultural and Economic Diplomacy.
  5. Maendeleo na Kuenea kwa Kiswahili katika Afrika: Mradi wa Vitabu vya Kufundishia na Kujifunzia.
  6. East African Community Region Initiative to the Development and Promotion of Kiswahili in Africa.
  7. Digitalization of Swahili and African Oral Traditions.
  8. Lugha ya Alama Katika Muktadha wa Maendeleo ya Kiswahili na Usawa na Haki ya Maarifa.
  9. Germany Contribution to Development and Promotion of Kiswahili as an African Indigenous Language for Cultural, Educational and Economic Diplomacy.

Publications:

2012, BOOK: KORASI katika Fasihi ya Kiswahili. Nadharia Mpya ya Uhakiki. TUKI, Dar es Salaam

2022, BOOK Chapter: Ikawa Usiku Ikawa Mchana, Shinani Hadi Kileleni: Historia ya Maadhimisho ya Siku ya Kiswahili Duniani. Katika Peter Mtesigwa na Erasto Duwe (wah.) KISWAHILI KATIKA ANGA ZA KIMATAIFA. TUKI, Dar es Salaam. Kur. 316 – 330.

2018 BOOK Chapter: Dhana ya Maadili katika Uandishi wa Shaaban Robert na Nafasi yake katika Muktadha wa sasa nchini Tanzania. Katika Shani Omari and Method Samwel (wah.) FASIHI LUGHA NA UTAMADUNI WA KISWAHILI NA KIAFRIKA. TUKI, Dar es Salaam. kur. 320 – 351.

2016 BOOK Chapter: Utandawazi wa Lugha za Kiafrika: Nafasi ya Kiswahili Sanifu katika Afrika inayobadilika. Katika H. Jilala (mh). NADHARIA ZA TAFSIRI, UKALIMANI NA UUNDAJI WA ISTILAHI. kur. 453-476.

2022 Article: Ninaelewa, kwahiyo Ninaamua na Kuchagua: Demokrasia, Kiswahili na Maendeleo ya Wananchi wa Tanzania. NURU ya Kiswahili Journal. Vol. 1 No. 1 Kur. 62-92.

fasihi ya Kiswahili: Mifano kutoka Riwaya za Kipimo cha Mizani na Dunia Uwanja wa Fujo. (pamoja na Winfrid Mligo) Kiswahili Journal. Juz. 84. Na. 1. Kur 113 – 122. TUKI

2021 Article: Lugha ya Kiswahili na Ukombozi wa Kifikra katika Afrika: Mkabala wa Kimapinduzi wa Frantz Fanon.  UTAFITI Journal of African Perspectives Vol. 16. No.2. Kur. 184-202.

2021 Article: Experimentalism meets interdisciplinarity in Kiswahili literature. UTAFITI Journal of African Perspectives Vol. 16. No.1. Kur. 1-22.

2020 Article: Dhana na Nafasi ya Vina na Mizani katika Ushairi wa Kisasa wa Kiswahili. Jarida la Kiswahili, Juz. 83. Kur. 1-14.

2019 Article. Ukiushi Juu ya Ukiushi’- Mchomozo wa Kifonolojia katika Mashairi ya E. Kezilahabi: Mifano kutoka Diwani ya Dhifa. (Pamoja na Edwel Dzomba). Jarida la Kiswahili Juz. 82.  Kur. 138-155.

2017 Article. The Future of East African Orature in the Digital Age: Kiswahili Narratives in the Social Media Journal of Studies in African Languages and Cultures, Vol 51. kur. 33 – 52.

2016 Article: Epistolary role in East African literary works on AIDS. In JULACE. Vol. 1. No. 1 kur. 100 – 116.

2016 Article: Dhima ya Fasihi katika Jamii: Lugha ya Kiswahili na Mkakati wa Usomaji kuelekea Umajumui wa Kiafrika. Kioo cha Lugha Juz. 14, kur. 74 -93.

2016 Article: Slavery and its space in Kiswahili Literature.  Asian Journal of African Studies. Vol. 9, No. 2 kur. 3-31.

2016 Article: Dhana ya Muungano kati ya Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Uchambuzi kupitia Lugha ya Kiswahili. In JULACE. Vol. 1 No. 2. kur. 90 – 114.