Welcome to RISSEA
RISSEA Resource Centre
The Research Institute of Swahili Studies of Eastern Africa was mooted way back in the year 2000. It took shape in the year 2004 and in 2007 a fully fledged director was appointed to head the institution. It’s headquarters is in Mombasa and has a campus in Lamu. More satellite campuses will be established in Nairobi and Malindi.
Currently there is no Institution in Kenya and the Region that has assumed such a mandate even though great strides have been made by public universities and other institutions in the development of Kiswahili.
Similarly it is an established fact that the cradle of Kiswahili is in the Coast of Kenya, which as a Nation, Kenya should ideally be in the forefront in Swahili scholarship.
Furthermore, NMK as the host Institution is ideally placed as it is the custodian of Kenya’s cultural heritage.
Register now for Swahili lessons in Nairobi at the National Museums of Kenya.
