NEEMA BENSON SWAY

Assistant Lecturer, Institute of Kiswahili Studies

Education:

B.A (Ed.) Dar; M.A (Kisw.) Dar

Teaching:

Oral and Written Kiswahili Literature; Developmental and Comparative literature; Kiswahili Creative Writings; and Research Methodologies in Kiswahili

Research:

Kiswahili Orature; Written Kiswahili Literature (esp. varieties of Epical & other Poetic Genres).

Projects:

• Uchunguzi wa Mitengo ya Wahusika Mashujaa katika Tungo za Kitendi za Kiswahili: Mfano wa Nyakiiru Kibi (Mulokozi, 1997) & Siri Sirini (Chimerah, 2013-2014) – Ongoing Phd Research Study.

Publications:

1.Sway, N. B. (2018). “Mchango wa Matumizi ya Istilahi-Jadi katika Fasihi na Jamii kupitia Tendi za Kiswahili: Mifano kutoka Utendi wa Rukiza”. In S. Omari & M. Samwel (Ed.) Fasihi, Lugha na Utamaduni wa Kiswahili na Kiafrika (Special Journal). Pg. 352-374.

2.Sway, N. B. (2019). “Sura na Dhima za Mhusika wa Kikorasi katika Utendaji wa Fasihi ya Kiswahili: Mifano kutoka Tamasha Teule la Nyimbo za Bongo Fleva”. In Journal of CHALUFAKITA.  Vol. 1, Pg. 197-217.

3.Sway, N. B. & Ndumbaro, E. F. (2019). Rubani Mtoto na Hadithi Nyingine. Dar es Salaam: Moccony Printing Press. (A short story)