Böcker av Marc Eichen

"The stories in Wind, Sand, Sky are short, but rich with meaning. Set on the East African archipelago of Zanzibar, these intimate portraits invite the reader to accompany characters navigating personal challenges within a rapidly changing terrain linked to socio-economic development, tourism, and even climate change. The book will be of interest to students of Swahili and East Africa, and more broadly those seeking to understand the cultural tensions and transformations associated with globalization.- Caitlyn Bolton, PhD Assistant Professor, Boston College"Wind, Sand, Sky by Marc Eichen is an incredibly thoughtful, unique and special bilingual English- Swahili work of art that both English and Swahili audiences will not only find thrilling, but also superbly depicting some segments of the Swahili-speaking society and cross-cultural engaging - a bonus for Kiswahili students as a sample source that intrinsically integrates the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages five goal areas (5 Cs): Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities.- Charles Bwenge, PhDInstructional Professor of African Languages, University of Florida

Katika miaka zaidi ya 20 ya kufundisha Kiswahili kwa wageni, sija-kutana na andiko la hadithi nzuri kama hizi alizoandika mwandi-ihi Marc Eichen. Ufundi wake wa kutumia vitushi halisi, na kuvis-ana kwa maumbo mbalimbali ya lugha ni wa kipekee! Hadithi tatu hizi ni mchango mkubwa katika ufundishaji wa Kiswahili na fasihi kwa wenyeji na ugenini. Zitawasaidia pakubwa walimu pamoja na wanafunzi kufahamu uhondo wa lugha za Kiswahili na Kiingereza kupitia vipengele mbalimbali vya lugha aliyotumia mwandishi. Ndugu Suleiman Khalfan na Abdulrahman Ndegwa vilevile wametoa tafsiri ya haki, wakilenga kabisa alichodhamiria mwandishi wa hadithi zenyewe.- Dr. David KyeuCoordinator and Continuing LecturerCenter for African StudiesUniversity of California, BerkeleyHadithi katika kitabu cha Upepo, Mchanga, Anga ni fupi, lakini zenye maana. Hadithi hizi zimejikita katika mandhari ya visiwa vya Zanzibar, Afrika Mashariki, taswira hizi za wazi zinamwalika msomaji kuandamana na wahusika wanaopitia changamoto za kibinafsi ndani ya eneo linalobadilika kwa kasi kutokana na maendeleo ya kijamii na kiuchumi, utalii, na hata mabadiliko ya tabianchi. Kitabu hiki kita-wavutia wanafunzi wa Kiswahili na Afrika Mashariki kwa ujumla, na kwa upana zaidi, wale wanaotaka kuelewa mivutano ya kitamaduni na mabadiliko yanayohusiana na utandawazi.- Caitlyn Bolton, PhD Chuo cha Boston