Through conferences, exhibitions and high-level exchanges, the commemoration will highlight the role of Kiswahili as a language of peace, dialogue, cultural identity, education, regional integration ...

In 2025, UNESCO further elevated its global status by recognising Kiswahili as the seventh official language of the UNESCO ...

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 ...

BYU offers many interesting classes, including everything from Campfire Leadership to Pre-legal Latin. Introduction to Swahili, however, proves to be one of the most unusual. 'When I tell people I''m ...

More than 200 million Kiswahili speakers can now access French-language programming free of charge after TV5MONDE introduced subtitles in one of the major languages widely spoken in Africa. From ...

All views expressed in this article belong solely to the author. “Milima haikutani, lakini binadamu hukutana.” Translation: ...

Today, that same spirit offers a compelling blueprint for Africa’s next frontier in tourism development. Global tourism is ...

In the 1940s, a student from Kenya named James Gekonyo applied to the Chemistry Department of Makerere University in Uganda. When his admissions interviewers asked him to explain the difference ...

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

Uganda’s National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) has finalised its 2017 secondary school curriculum, which includes Swahili as a compulsory subject alongside English. An overhaul of the ...

Lali Abdalla Shelali performing using a flute during madhimisho ya siku ya Kiswahili duniani at the Lamu Youth Alliance. {Photo,Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard} The most famous phrase from Kiswahili has ...