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Mwalimu Abdul Nanji
was born in Tanzania, East Africa and came to the U.S. to further
his education, attending SUNY and Howard University, majoring
in African Studies. He started teaching Kiswahili (Swahili)
Language, Literature and Culture at Cornell in 1977. Before
joining the Cornell faculty, he taught at SUNY at New Paltz,
NYC Technical College, Hunter College, and Columbia University.
His research and interests are in central and southern African
languages and literature, languages of Africans in the diaspora,
and Pan-Africanism. He enjoys traditional and contemporary African
music, jazz, blues, caribbean music, salsa music, hip hop, and
rap.
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