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Renowned Tanzanian academic and writer Professor Euphrase Kezilahabi, whose works were a staple in the

His 'Mayai Waziri wa Maradhi' short story was studied by secondary school students in Kenya between 2008 and 2010.

His other works include Rosa Mistika, Nagona, Mzingile, Dunia Uwanja wa Fujo (Novel), Dhifa (Poetry) and Kaptula la Marx (play),  and Gamba la Nyoka.

Kezilahabi was born in 1944 and worked as a lecturer at a university in Botswana.

Kongamano la 21 la Kimataifa la Chakita lenye kauli mbiu "Kiswahili na Maendeleo Endelevu" klilifanyika katika Chuo Kikuu cha Karatina mnamo Agosti 8-9, 2019. Idara ya Kiswahili katika Chuo Kikuu cha Nairobi iliwakilishwa ipasavyo!

Profesa Mohammed Hassan Abdulaziz alijumuika na wanaidara wengine katika hafla ya kumuaga alipostaafu mnamo tarehe 6 Agosti, 2019. Tunamtakia kila la heri wakati anapostaafu.Hata hivyo, wengi wangali wanamtegemea kwa ushauri wa kiusomi na mambo mengi tu! Prof. Mohammed Abdulaziz na Prof. Tom Olali walisomea Chuo Kikuu cha London, SOAS.

On 6th August 2019, The Department of Kiswahili had a farewell party at the United Kenya Club in honour of Kiswahili scholar Prof.Mohammed Hassan Abdulaziz.

Swahili attire comprises of kofia and kanzu. Normally the Swahili men will put on these costumes during special festivals like the maulidi and the Lamu cultural festival. The Milad Un Nabi is a popular Swahili festival that has its apex in the Lamu Archipelago.

Kutoka kushoto ni Prof. Iribe wa Mwangi, Prof. Kyalo Wadi Wamitila, Prof. Rayya Timmamy, Dkt. Evans Mbuthia na Bi. Mary Ndung'u wakati wa Kongamano la Nne la Kimataifa la Chama cha Ukuzaji wa Kiswahili Duniani (Chaukidu) lililofanyika katika Chuo Kikuu cha Taifa cha Zanzibar, kisiwani Unguja, mwezi Disemba 2018.

Wanafunzi wa Idara ya Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Nairobi wanaosomea kozi ya CLK 404: Kiswahili Oral Literature and Culture chini ya usimamizi wa Prof.Tom Olali wakipata mafunzo maalum ya moja kwa moja ya jinsi ya kutayarisha biriani ya nyama. Hapa wanaonyeshwa hatua hizo na Bi. Lulu Ali, Amira Msellem  na Dia Chuda kule Kibokoni, Mji wa Kale.

Prof. Rayya Timmamy and Prof.Kithaka wa Mberia together with Mr. Nicholas Makanji, a Kiswahili Postgraduate student of Humbolt University, Berlin, during the 32nd Kiswahili Colloquium at Bayreuth University, Germany held between 31st May-June 2, 2019.