Languages & African Studies Team
We study languages and everything that goes with it; culture, art, tribe, customs, music and much more.
Twalha Abbass PhD. Student in African Studies
Twalha Twaha Abass is pursuing a PhD. in folklore and holds a Masters in African Studies. He was the 2019-2020 Swahili Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) with the African Studies Program and has been actively engaged in teaching as well as outreach for the African Studies Program since arriving at IU. In 2021, he received an award for his work volunteering with Bridges: Children, Languages, World, teaching Kiswahili to children through the no-cost after-school program. Abass is the author of the novel, Kilio cha Mfamaji (The Drowner’s Cry), published in 2017 and The Cost of Dreams published in 2024.
Linet Maranga
MA Linguistics
Master of Arts Student of English Language and Literature at Youngstown State University, Ohio
A graduate of Nyabururu girls high school,
Egerton University, Laikipia Campus.
Now pursuing masters in English
Plan to pursue a PhD in Digital Rhetoric
Worked as a teacher for 13yrs at Nyakoora sec
Taught Grammar in London UK from Jan-Aug2023.
Currently a Graduate Teaching assistant at YSU where I teach writing courses to undergraduate students.
