Title:

Mr.

Name:

Daudi Makoba Gamba

College/School/Institute/ Directorate/Unit:

University of Dar es Salaam, Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor Planning, Finance and Administration (DVC-PFA)

Department/Section:

University of Dar es Salaam Centre for Disability Services (CDS).

Position:

Sign language Interpreter

Current Summarised CV/Profile:

Mr. Daudi M. Gamba is a specialist teacher (Special Needs and Inclusive Education) specializing in Deaf Education, Linguistics (Sign Language) and Sign Language Interpretation

His work experience includes the following areas:

2015-2019: A secondary school teacher teaching English at Ngweli Secondary School in Sengerema District in Mwanza region.

2015-2016: A part time tutorial Assistant at Arch-Bishop Mihayo University College of Tabora (AMUCTA) teaching Sign language and Deaf Education.

2019-2020: Specialist teacher for students with Deafness at Sengerema Primary School in Mwanza region.

March 2020 to date: - a Sign language Interpreter at University of Dar es Salaam.

November 2020 to date: A Sign language trainer and interpreter in certificate course of Sign language and Interpretation at the University of Dar es Salaam.

Professional Details:

Level of Education and where attained:

BEDSN (Hearing Impairment and Deaf Education)-Sebastian Kolowa Memorial University (SEKOMU)

BEDSE (Special and Inclusive Education)-Open University of Tanzania (OUT)

MEDSPED (Hearing Impairment and Deaf Education) - Sebastian Kolowa Memorial University (SEKOMU)

MA-Linguistics (Sign Language) in progress-University of Dar Es Salaam (UDSM)

Research interests:

He is a qualitative researcher with strong interest in the following areas:

Linguistics of Sign language especially Tanzanian Sign Language (TSL)

Sign Language Interpretation

Deaf Education

Special Needs Education

Inclusive Education

Membership and Registration:

Professional Details Member of Tanzania Association of Sign language Interpretation (TASLI).

Councils/Boards/Committee: Tanzania Association for Sign Language Interpreters (TASLI)

Important Contribution:

He has more than 10 years of experience in working as a Sign language Interpreter since 2011 when he started the career as a university student helping Deaf colleagues within and outside classroom. His experience ranges from teaching and working as a sign language interpreter in various context such as in academic, social and religious ones. He is passionate, enthusiastic and eager of new knowledge and skills.