HYASINTA DEUSDEDITH IZUMBA

Accomplished educator with a strong foundation in teaching certification and language proficiency. Demonstrates expertise in public speaking and has contributed to academic publications, showcasing a commitment to advancing educational standards. Aims to leverage skills in a dynamic environment focused on fostering learning and development.

• Kulikoela, Kahigi, Senior Lecturer, kulikkahigi@yahoo.com, +255 765 732 698, St. Augustine University of Tanzania, P. O. Box 307, Mwanza, Tanzania, Department of Languages and Linguistics
• Brighton, Msagalla, Lecturer, msagallapb@gmail.com, +255655993877, University of Dar es Salaam, P. O. Box 35040, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Department of Linguistics and Foreign Languages

• Mwanza region (Buhongwa and Nyegezi), Children’s Swimming Club Organizer, 2024-07, Present
• Mwanza region (Kishiri and Buhongwa), Children’s Book Club Organizer, 2022-02, Present
• St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Translator and Editor at the Chaplaincy, 2017-08, Present
• Kiabakari Tanzania, Translator at the National Shrine of the Devine Mercy, 2017-05, Present
• St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Assistant Admission Officer, 2017-08, 2018-03
• Burka Parish Education Centre, Arusha, Translator and English teacher, 2013-09, 2014-12

• Izumba, H. (2017). A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Representation of Women in Bongo Flava Music. (Unpublished MA thesis) St. Augustine University of Tanzania
• Izumba, H. & Keya, Antoni. (2019). What a Video Queen is to a Male Artist: The Social- Semiotic Analysis of Music Videos and Lyrics in Tanzania, Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education, 13 (1), 47-65
• Izumba, H. & Kabalimu, A. (2024). A Pragma-rhetoric Analysis of Bongo Flava Music: Nipeni Maua Yangu by Roma Mkatoliki, Saut Multidisciplinary Journal of Education, 3 (1), 129-146 https://saut.ac.tz/journal/SMJE.pdf
• Mkama, I. & Izumba, H. (2025). Exploring Gender Honorifics in Tanzanian Sign Language: Cultural and Linguistic Perspectives, Contemporary Journal of Linguistics and Literary Studies, 1 (1) 50- 60 https://doi.org/10.61538.cjlls.v1i1.1671

• 13th to 15th August 2025 4th Conference of the Language Association of Eastern Africa (LAEA) (presenting a paper on strategic use of presentational device in the Tanzanian prime minister’s question time) University of Dodoma - Tanzania
• 27th to 30 September 2023 AFRAA 2023 Conference St. Augustine University of Tanzania
• 28th to 29th May 2019 International Conference on Language and Development in Africa University of Dodoma - Tanzania
• April 2018 to September 2018 Exchange program - awarded a transcript of record University of Vechta - Germany
• 24th to 25th October 2017 International Conference on Education and Sustainable Development at SAUT and awarded a certificate. St. Augustine University of Tanzania
• 18th October 2017 workshop on Research Proposal Writing St. Augustine University of Tanzania
• 12th to 17th October 2017 A workshop in Human Rights and Peace building in Higher Education (Narrative and Metacognition in Peace Education) - awarded a certificate St. Augustine University of Tanzania