If you know anybody in the US asking where they can learn Kiswahili and other African languages, please spread the word that they can learn it through the Language Resource Center.

The Languages & Culture Studies Department and the Africana Studies Department are working together to offer courses in Swahili and Yoruba for motivated and self-directed students.

Learn to speak Swahili
Swahili is one of the major languages spoken in Africa. It is the lingua franca of eastern and central Africa where over 50 million people speak it. It is widely used in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. A little over 1 million people speak it as their first language. (Source: lang.nalrc.wisc.edu/resources/press/brochures/swahili.pdf)

SPRING 2010
Elementary Foreign Language: Swahili Language & Culture - AFRS 2050 / LACS 1201, TR 2:00 - 3:15 pm

Learn to speak Yoruba
Yoruba is the first language of approximately 30 million West Africans, and is spoken by populations in Southwestern Nigeria, Togo, Benin, and Sierra Leone. It is also one of the prominent languages & cultures of the diaspora, and greatly impacts the social, cultural, and religious lives of millions of people in countries outside of Africa, such as Brazil, Cuba, Trinadad, Haiti, and more. (Source: lang.nalrc.wisc.edu/resources/press/brochures/yoruba.pdf)

SPRING 2010
Elementary Foreign Language: Yoruba Language & Culture I - AFRS 2050 / LACS 1201 ; MW 3:30 - 4:45 pm
Elementary Foreign Language: Yoruba Language & Culture II - AFRS 2050 / LACS 1202 ; TR 3:30 - 4:45 pm

For more information contact:
Dr. Akin Ogundiran, Chair, Africana Studies, email:  Ogundiran@uncc.edu
or
Dr. Heather McCullough, Director, Language Resource Center, email: hamccull@uncc.edu