The State University Of Zanzibar
Kingster University was established by John Smith in 1920 for the public benefit and it is recognized globally. Throughout our great history, Kingster has offered access to a wide range of academic opportunities. As a world leader in higher education, the University has pioneered change in the sector.
The expansion and development of Kiswahili as both, a discipline and a language of wider communication has over the years made impressive strides locally, regionally and globally. This has brought about a number of challenges that deemed necessary to address them. These include among others harmonization of Kiswahili teaching, research, methods and techniques, dissemination of Kiswahili knowledge, Kiswahili programmes, use of ICT and media, collaboration and partnership. In responding with local, regional and global challenges in promoting and advancing Kiswahili, The State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) has recently established the Centre to efficiently deal with them in collaboration with other local, regional and international institutions with a similar interest.
The basic and primary goal of the Centre is to foster, maintain and develop Kiswahili in the highest possible standard that will preserve it in its pure and fine form with its best qualities and virtues while at the same time avoiding all possible tendencies which threaten to pollute its characterization of a soft, musical, expressive and classical language resulting in good speakers in whatever other languages they speak