Keynotes

Prof. Abdulrazak Gurnah (University of Kent, UK)
"Learning to Read" 
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Prof. Euphrase Kezilahabi (University of Botswana, Gaborone)  
“Dialogic Swahili Literature: Key to Harmonization in Diversity”
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Prof. Said A. M. Khamis (University of Bayreuth, Germany) 
“‘Nguvu’ vs. ‘Power’: The Resilience of Swahili as Shown in Literature and Translation” 

Yvonne Owuor (Nairobi)
“O-Swahili: Language and Liminality”
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Joyce Nyairo (Ford Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya) unfortunately had to cancel her keynote lecture at short notice.