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[Crumbsalive]

I wonder if there are any Kiswahili speakers on here? I would love someone to talk to/write to in Swahili. Ninawazia kama kuna mzungumzaji wa Kiswahili hapa? Ningependa kuongea/kuandikia mtu katika Kiswahili. Or anyone else learning Swahili would be great.

@Crumbsalive

CityLit are offering an online course in Swahili, starting in the autumn, if you would find that helpful.

https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/languages/african-and-middle-east/swahili

@Crumbsalive

I see that Foyles have a recently published beginners book for Swahili, which might be interesting.

https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/swahili-for-dummies/seline-okeno/9781394191567

It might be an idea to get MN to edit the thread title to include the specific language.

I will get in touch with CityLit although I am beyond the beginner stage now. It's conversational practice that I need but also a Swahili-speaking friend in the U.K. would be a real boost.

@Crumbsalive

There's a Swahili Studies Conference at SOAS in October of this year.

Could you get a ticket for that? There are bound to be lots of Swahili speakers there and possibly someone who can continue to stay in touch with you in the future.

https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/baraza-swahili-studies-conference-0

Once again, thank you very much. That sounds like just the thing for me. It will be good to have contact with SOAS too.