27.1874, Featured Linguist: Vicki Carstens

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Subject: 27.1874, Featured Linguist: Vicki Carstens

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Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:05:13
From: LINGUIST List [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Featured Linguist: Vicki Carstens

 
Dear LINGUIST List Readers,

We are pleased to present you our next featured linguist, Vicki Carstens, for
Fund Drive 2016.

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My interest in linguistics began at the age of 12 when my father, a high
school band director, signed up for a two-year contract with a branch of AID
called Teacher Education in East Africa. During a six-week summer orientation
program at Columbia University, adults and children alike took Swahili
classes. I still have a whimsical diploma from completing that course, signed
by the youthful Sharifa Zawawi, who went on to write a number of books on the
language including what was for many years the most widely used Swahili text
in the US.

My dad was assigned to work at a teacher training college near the town of
Nyeri, about 100 miles from Nairobi. We loved the time we spent there for many
reasons. It led to lasting friendships with Kenyans and expatriates from
far-flung countries. During the holidays we traveled all over East Africa,
tenting in the vast park systems surrounded by teeming wildlife, and
snorkeling the gorgeous coral reefs.

My brother and I experienced the novelty of British style schools with their
uniforms and prefects. Swahili was an option alongside of French and Latin at
Kenya High School. I had fallen in love with it so I was glad I could continue
to study. African writers like Ngugi wa Thiongo and Chinua Achebe opened new
worlds to me. Because this was soon after independence, there was a
wonderfully optimistic vibe in the country. On the other hand, lingering
inequities and prejudices of the colonial period were a vivid part of daily
life; this gave me an awareness and interest in world affairs and social
justice that animated my experiences and perceptions forever after.

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