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Back again! A few days ago I passed the the 500 hour mark so I thought it’s time for an update.

**What did I do?**

Mostly more of the same. The algorithms suggested different podcasts which made my rotation of them less tiresome.

One podcast that stood out over this period is the KaBrazen podcast, which I currently use as a barometer to my progress. The host tells reimagined stories of real life African Women targeted to children. It also has the episodes in English (although I haven’t listened to the English Versions).

Only problem is that there’s not many stories so I just replay the same ones.

I also started to watch more videos on YouTube. BBC Swahili and DW Swahili mainly.

May be a long shot but besides being on the ground, does anyone here have any resources to learn Lugisu? My parents never taught me 😅

Hello again! I realised that a few days ago I passed 250 hours in Swahili and I said that I would do a write up so here it is.

What did I do?

More of the same. I listened to the same short podcasts over and over but rotated a lot so I that wouldn’t get bored. The longest podcast I had spanned over 100 hours (SBS - Swahili) which is a news radio channel, but of course it’s above my current ability.

At around 190 hours I started to feel a bit disheartened thinking that I wasn’t improving so I rewatched the first few episodes of Ubongo Kids and to my surprise it was infinitely easier to follow along and understand than the first time I did. At around 220 and 240 it was easier still!

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