Group
Project Abroad
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The Intensive Advanced Swahili Group Project Abroad (hereafter Swahili GPA) for the summer of 2009 will be held in Tanzania June 5 – July 5, 2009. The GPA Program is a four-week program involving at least five to six hours of daily activities.
The Swahili GPA in East Africa is part of the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and coordinated by the African Studies Institute at the University of Georgia.
The 2009, in-country (Tanzania) director for GPA is Dr. Lioba Moshi, University of Georgia. The program will be situated at the MS Training Center for Development Cooperation, Arusha Tanzania. Home department will be the Department of Kiswahili at the MS-TCDC center in Arusha. Credit for the course will be assigned and transferred to the participant’s home institution by UGA no later than August 31, 2009.
The program will include travels to Museums, schools, Kilwa, cultural center, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Bagamoyo, National Parks, and non-governmental organizations in Arusha.
The program is funded by the USDE to provide for instruction in Kiswahili language and culture. Participants will have no time to pursue personal projects related to their own educational programs. During the various excursions, participants will be given time to make contact with local Tanzanian officials and scholars to discuss matters related to their future research plans. MS Training Center funds non-governmental organization programs that students can use for additional contacts and future research projects conceptualizations. The University of Georgia will remain the institution of record for the 2009 GPA program. All communications and questions about the program should be directed to Dr. Lioba Moshi at UGA. Participants will meet at UGA once a month between, August 2008-April 2009 to prepare for the trip. |
