Mahiri Mwita
Lecturer in Comparative Literature, teaching Swahili in conjunction with the Program in African Studies. He has taught Swahili at Egerton University in Kenya, where he also served as coordinator of the Swahili program, and more recently at St. Lawrence University in New York. Mwita has a particular interest in comparative literature and drama and is the author of a play, Posa (The Engagement) (1992). He has also written articles on Swahili literature and poetry. Besides his teaching duties, Mwita is working on a book proposal on "Improvising Experiential Activities and Creative Learning in the African Language Classroom" and on two collections of poetry.
Aaron Burr Hall, Rm. 210E
609-258-4716
mmwita@princeton.edu