Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Snap shot

My name is Margaret Mwingira. I am a graduate student at Indiana University. I am a language and culture instructor for the African Studies. Before joining Indiana University. I studied at the University of Dar es Salaam and Stellenbosch University in Matieland South Africa. I worked as an English language and social science teacher in secondary and high school levels, as well as for special needs individuals and groups. I chose to work closely with marginalized groups in my community in Tanzania for purposes of promoting and investing in higher education, particularly for girls.

My various experiences have enabled me to explore multiple, effective, and fun ways of learning a variety of topics, particularly through music. The topic "empowering women" is obviously perceived differently from one context to another, thus resulting into the same topic being interpreted differently in its respective contexts. My objective is to use such themes circulating issues of empowerment to create the understanding of the role of empowered women through arts and music.