Comprehensive Swahili-English Dictionary is the latest publication of
its kind and offers the most current use of the language among Swahili
speakers today. The Dictionary has more than 60,000 entries and is is
both a cultural guide to Kiswahili, and a cultural conversation between
two influential languages in this 21st century. Mohamed A Mohamed was
born in Zanzibar, Tanzania. He holds a Ph. D degree in Applied
Linguistics from Columbia University, U.S.A. He has previously served as
a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Dar es Salaam between
1982-1987 before moving to Moi University as an Associate Professor in
the School of Social, Cultural and Development Studies. Later, he served
as Full Professor and also Head of the Department of Languages,
Literature and Linguistics in the same university. In 1996, he joined
Zanzibar University at Tunguu and served as a Full Professor for two
years. Currently, he teaches at the State University of Zanzibar and is
also the Research Coordinator of the institution. Professor Mohamed has
also served as a part-time lecturer at Columbia University in U.S.A, the
City College of the City University, the Hunter College of the City
University and the York University in the United Kingdom. He is the
author of a number of books. These include Modern Swahili Grammar,
Kamusi ya Visawe (A Dictionary of Swahili Synonyms) among others. His
other works that are now in the pipeline include Comprehesive
English-Swahili Dictionary, Kamusi Fafanuzi ya Kiswahili (A
Comprehensive Swahili-Swahili Dictionary) and Kamusi ya Vinyume (A
Dictionary of Antonyms).
