University Swahili teacher’s life changed by Fulbright Scholarship

After Marko Mwipopo (pictured) applied to be a Fulbright Scholar in 2004, he thought his time had passed, as his peers from Tanzania had been notified months in advance of their spots in the prestigious exchange program. So he had already set his plans to be a teacher at a local secondary school, had rented an apartment and was on a bus from Dar es Salaam to his hometown of Mafinga, six hours to the southwest, when he got a phone call from the American Embassy.

“I was going somewhere, but I canceled and told them, ‘I’m coming, I’m coming,’” Mwipopo says. Seven years later, Mwipopo reflects simply on the moment when he found out he had earned the prestigious fellowship.
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