Mahiri Mwita, is a lecturer in Swahili and lead's the eight-week intensive summer course in Swahili, Princeton in Dar es Salaam. Mwita’s research interests include culture-based interventions in counseling and education, authentic cultural performances and interactions in the African language classroom, internet and emerging technologies in African language pedagogy, and literary criticism and creative writing in Kiswahili. He is the author of a play, Posa (The Engagement) and has written articles on Swahili literature and poetry. Besides his teaching duties, Mwita is working on a book, "Improvising Experiential Activities and Creative Learning in the African Language Classroom," and on two collections of poetry. As a theater practitioner, he studies and practices the process, impact, and best practices of popular theater as a culture-based tool for social/behavior change education against HIV/AIDS. Ph.D. University of Dar es Salaam.
W23 Dillon Court
609-258-4716
mmwita@princeton.edu

Mahamadou Lamine Sagna, a lecturer in African studies, teaches courses on cultural forms in political spheres; money and religion; African political and economic culture; sciences, technology, and African development; and globalization and African development. His research on financial behaviors focuses on the sociology of poverty as well as on monetary and financial practices in relation to economic innovation and social risks. He is currently studying the use of solar panels, water filters, and other appropriate technologies by populations in Africa. Sagna also works with Re-Source/Sununet, a Senegalese diaspora NGO, where he serves as executive president. He is author of the book Money and Society, and is working on a book project, Money, Religion, and Immigration: New York Senegalese Immigrants. Ph.D. University of Caen.
323 Aaron Burr Hall
609-258-5024
lsagna@princeton.edu