Open Group Swahili Courses

Mustafa is a Swahili teacher who represents the core values of Language Trainers Connect. It is his primary purpose in life to use his talents, optimism, and enthusiasm on a global scale to bring people of all communities together: to exchange their cultural knowledge and improve their skills and social awareness.
Mustafa earned his Bachelor’s degree in Education and Linguistics (Swahili and English) in his home country of Tanzania before acquiring further degrees and diplomas in Zimbabwe and the UK. He has taught to all ages and levels, including other teachers, in private classes and schools throughout Tanzania, the UK, and the USA, as well as online. In fact, he has been teaching virtually since 2007, so is extremely experienced leading groups remotely and using digital tools and materials to aid learning and engage his students.
Along with 16 years of Swahili teaching experience, Mustafa brings to his classes his incredible passion for social and cultural understanding. He taught underperforming children and provided psychosocial support to young people affected by HIV and AIDS in Tanzania. Until 2012, he counseled, mentored, and helped orphans and vulnerable children and teenagers in Zimbabwe. And he worked as a youth educator in London, leading counseling and mentoring projects.
Besides all his experience, Mustafa has completed social-good courses promoting humanitarian movements, world peace, and action against climate change. So, he brings to his classes an unparalleled knowledge of not only his own Tanzanian culture and the culture of the other countries in which he has studied and worked, but also an understanding of how our languages, traditions, and actions impact and are received by others around the world. So, students enrolling in this course can expect the group conversations not only to center upon their own interests and the key aspects of the Swahili language, but also important universal subjects which affect us all.
With such an impressive résumé, it is hard to imagine Mustafa having any free time. He manages it somehow, though, and fills it with his favorite hobbies: watching movies and documentaries, reading, and exercising. So, if you enjoy any of these pastimes, as well, or want to share your own passions in class discussion, Mustafa will be all too pleased to teach you the Swahili you need to converse about them with your classmates.