Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania, H E Dr. Mahadhi Juma Maalim, has revealed plans to teach Kiswahili (Swahili) to non-speakers in Qatar as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and ...

With India currently laying ground for an enduring partnership with the African nations, Aaditi Isaac discovers that learning Swahili could prove to be a good career prospect Thus, it is expected that ...

Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally recognised language. It is peer to the few languages of the world that boast over ...

Kiswahili is spoken across eastern and central Africa. Mother-tongue speakers are found mainly along the coast, but Kiswahili is spoken as a second or third language by people around the world.

Lali Abdalla Shelali performed using a flute during the celebration of World Kiswahili Day on July 7, 2022. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] The most famous phrase from Kiswahili has to be ‘hakuna ...

Yesterday marked the first World Kiswahili Language Day, celebrated in several locations globally. This comes only two days after Uganda officially adopted Kiswahili as a national language. The World ...

Kampala — PARLIAMENT will enact a law to legalise Swahili as the second official language, the Speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, has said. Over 100 MPs have enrolled for Swahili lessons at ...

Editor’s note: This personal essay was written following a Twitter campaign organized by Global Voices sub-Saharan Africa and Rising Voices where each week, a different language activist shared their ...

The EAC is made up of five countries, namely Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. South Sudan’s application to join the community is still being considered by member states. Swahili is already ...