Hujambo!!! Jina langu bwana Kenyon King. Mini mwanafunzi wa Kiswahili. This means hello. My name is Kenyon King. I am a student in Swahili. You must be saying “No!” "This cant be possible!!!” but Yes, You did hear me right!!!! I am a student in Swahili and also a fourth year in the Freedom Project. I know it is not common for a child in the Mississippi Delta to learn Swahili, to tell you the truth I don’t think it is common anywhere.
The teacher (mwalimu) is Sarah Hoftiezer. She learned Swahili
in
college, now she is teaching it to us. Swahili is a very fun class! We learned
that the culture is very positive. Say for instance if your mother died, you
would first say that you are doing well, but my mother died last night.
Also, we learned that many do not speak Swahili. There are only about 50,000,000 people that speak Swahili. Those people stay in eastern Africa. Those countries are Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda, but there are more. You may wonder, how I know about those people who speak that language when I`m supposed to be learning the language. Well, we're not only learning the language, we are also learning about the eastern countries also. It is sort of like a geography class mixed with our Swahili.
Well, I know it is still a little hard for you to believe so I am going to let you process it. I am going to head out. Who knows, the next time you may hear from me, I might be writing from Kenya, so please stay connected with me and the SCFP.
Kenyon King 4th year.
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