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Mhadhiri Afichua Jinsi Kiswahili Kinavyomvunia Noti Nchini Amerika
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April 22, 2024
[embed]https://taifaleo.nation.co.ke/makala/lugha-fasihi-elimu/mhadhiri-afichua-jinsi-kiswahili-kinavyomvunia-noti-nchini-amerika[/embed] Mhadhiri Afichua Jinsi Kiswahili Kinavyomvunia Noti Nchini Amerika Published by Taifa Leo Newspaper (Article link here) April 22, 2024 NA PETER CHANGTOEK PROFESA David Kyeu ni mwandishi aliyebobea katika Kiswahili na Kiingereza, lugha ambazo zina umuhimu mkubwa katika fani za elimu na mawasiliano kwa ujumla. Aidha, yeye ni mtafiti, na ni mhadhiri ambaye amewahi kufunza katika vyuo vikuu mbalimbali, hususan ughaibuni. Alizaliwa katika eneo la Thika, ambapo wazazi wake walikuwa wakifanya kazi katika kampuni ya mananasi ya Del Monte. Alisomea Shahada ya Elimu (Kiswahili na Hisabati) katika Chuo Kikuu cha Egerton, 2004, na Shahada ya Uzamili ya Kiswahili, 2007, kutoka chuo…
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Creating a Refuge for Banned Scholars
Read moreMarch 27, 2024
From the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: By Anthony Balas March 26, 2024 The University of California, Berkeley, is making a hopeful case for African American studies amid attacks on academic freedom. Critical as they are to a healthy democracy, open conversations at public universities on race, history, and freedom are increasingly threatened by an array of attacks—from cuts to funding for humanities departments to legislation that restricts higher education institutions from incorporating topics like racial injustice into curricula. To Nikki Jones, who is a professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies at UC Berkeley, these attacks can be understood,…
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UC Berkeley African American Studies launches Banned Scholars Project with a Mellon Foundation grant
Read moreMarch 27, 2024
UC Berkeley’s African American Studies (AAS) Department launched a groundbreaking project this week with a $100,000 Affirming Multivocal Humanities grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Banned Scholars Project is a direct response to increasing restrictions on academic freedom, particularly in the fields of critical race theory, DEI and gender studies. It was spearheaded by AAS professors Michael M. Cohen, Tianna S. Paschel and Ula Taylor; department chair Nikki Jones; and managed by staffer Barbara Montano.
