{"id":993175,"date":"2025-06-07T18:28:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T16:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kostima.info\/participation-in-the-37th-swahili-colloquium-at-the-university-of-bayreuth\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T18:44:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T16:44:27","slug":"participation-in-the-37th-swahili-colloquium-at-the-university-of-bayreuth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kostima.info\/en\/participation-in-the-37th-swahili-colloquium-at-the-university-of-bayreuth\/","title":{"rendered":"Participation in the 37th Swahili Colloquium at the University of Bayreuth"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"993175\" class=\"elementor elementor-993175 elementor-993169\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e43a27 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3e43a27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-df389d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df389d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From May 30 to June 1, 2025, the 37th Swahili Colloquium (Kongamano la Kiswahili la 37, Uhuru na Ubunifu) took place at the University of Bayreuth. Antonia Fendt and Nico Nassenstein gave a joint lecture entitled \"Congolese Swahili Varieties and the Rumba: Investigating Linguistic Variation in Music Lyrics (1950s-90s)\". \nIn their contribution, they dealt with the role and variation of Swahili - a language which, alongside Lingala, is of particular importance in the song texts of the Congolese collection of the AMA in Mainz.\nThrough their presentation, they were able to establish contacts with Kenyan music producer and author Tabu Osusa (Ketebul Music) and ethnomusicologist Dr. Andrew Eisenberg (New York University Abu Dhabi), who are currently researching Swahili rumba - a genre that developed on the East African coast in the 1940s and 1950s, even before the formative influence of Congolese rumba on the region.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-912af6d e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"912af6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d453644 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d453644\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/kostima.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bild2_Beitrag-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-993126\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kostima.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bild2_Beitrag-2.jpg 712w, https:\/\/kostima.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bild2_Beitrag-2-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Tabu Osusa, author of the book \"Shades of Benga \u2013 The History of Popular Music in Kenya: 1946\u20132016\", and Antonia Fendt<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c3220 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34c3220\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/kostima.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bild3_Beitrag-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-993132\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kostima.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bild3_Beitrag-2.jpg 724w, https:\/\/kostima.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bild3_Beitrag-2-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Tabu Osusa and Dr. Andrew Eisenberg during their presentation on \u201cSwahili Rumba: The Legacy of Fundi Konde\u201d<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d93232 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d93232\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/kostima.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bild4_Beitrag-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-993136\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kostima.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bild4_Beitrag-2.jpg 530w, https:\/\/kostima.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bild4_Beitrag-2-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Antonia Fendt and Dr. Andrew Eisenberg, author of the book \u2018Sounds of Other Shores: The Musical Poetics of Identity on Kenya's Swahili Coast\u2019<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From May 30 to June 1, 2025, the 37th Swahili Colloquium (Kongamano la Kiswahili la 37, Uhuru na Ubunifu) took place at the University of Bayreuth. 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