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Tuesday, September 3
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Today is Tuesday, September 3, the 246th day of 2002. There are 119
days left in the year.
Highlights in history on this date:
1189 - England's King Richard I is crowned in Westminister.
1497 - Manuel, king of Portugal, marries Isabella of Spain. One of
the conditions for the marriage is that he expel all Jews from Portugal.
1603 - France's King Henry IV permits Jesuits to return to France
despite opposition.
1609 - English navigator Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan, looking
for a passage to India on behalf of the Dutch West India Company.
1758 - Revolution in Portugal ...
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Swahili Language Courses Expanding At K-State.
M2 Presswire
; ...national and official language of Kenya, Tanzania...of the four national languages of the Democratic Republic...Other countries where Swahili is spoken include Rwanda...linguistics and African languages, specializing in Swahili language and literature, from...in teaching of the ...
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Alamin Mazrui, Swahili Beyond the Boundaries: literature, language and identity.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Africa
; ...traditional metres in Swahili-language poetry, and one about the status of works translated into Swahili from other languages in the Swahili literary canon. He shows...Swahili prosody, English-language academia and various forms...
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Swahili's Mixed Blessing for Tanzania; English Abilities in Decline as Language-Conversion Effort Succeeds
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...stated goal of turning Swahili into a national language. Tanzania has now...be the international language." Also, while a...may be literate in Swahili, a number of official...are now 100 percent Swahili, government business...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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UW SWAHILI PROGRAM BEING BEEFED UP PROFESSORS HOPE TO MAKE LEARNING THE LANGUAGE LIKE STROLLING THROUGH A VILLAGE IN CONGO OR UGANDA.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
; ...the Olduvai Gorge in Swahili-speaking Kenya is a treasure...U.S., studying the Swahili language and culture makes sense...a practical use for her Swahili skills. Koo, who majored in African languages along with psychiatry and...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Swahili is ready for its closeup; Plymouth filmmaker and Swahili speaker Josiah Kibira is about to begin production on a second film made in his native language.(SOURCE)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...Kibira often opts to speak Swahili, even if few others around...programs and movies in his own language, which is estimated to have...heard onscreen. "Why not in Swahili?" he remembers asking. Two...that included dialogue in Swahili and English. Since then he...
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Stick with the Swahili lessons, William It is one of the most beautiful languages in the world
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...choice of Swahili as a language to learn. In his interview...really so. Not only is Swahili spoken by many millions...three most beautiful languages in the world (the...eastern Congo, where Swahili is also widely spoken...sentiments or deeds. Swahili is also an inventive ...
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CULTURE: CONGOLESE WELCOME SWAHILI AS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...as its working language during its annual...Indian Ocean, Swahili is a mixture of Arabic and local languages that was spoken...also adopted the language as their own. In all, Swahili is spoken by some...of Congo, the language has been superceded...primary education. Swahili is ...
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Swahili recommended as main language in Great Lakes region
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; Swahili recommended as main language in Great Lakes region KAMPALA, April...and Uganda have recommended that Swahili should be adopted as the main language...there is need to promote the use of Swahili throughout the region to facilitate...
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Ugandan parliament approves Swahili as second official language
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; Ugandan parliament approves Swahili as second official language KAMPALA, July 7 (Xinhua...Ugandan parliament has approved Swahili as the second language in the...on Wednesday, implies that Swahili may be used as a medium of instruction...
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Books: Official language in Kenya is English, not Swahili
Newspaper article from: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
; ...and Heidi Pfoor. The books the children donated are written in English, which is the official language in Kenya. Swahili is the national language. "This is something where we had to get a lot of help from the whole school," Pfoor said...
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