[Courtesy] 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 ...

Thanks to the film Lion King, a lot of people in the world who don’t speak Kiswahili know what it means. It has been the go-to African language in films, unofficially recognised as the language ...

Discover which Swahili words we use in English and other facts about the language. Also available in Swahili with audio.

Unless there is indeed a street in Uganda by that name, I guess it was a ‘slight’ mistake given that Masaka has been a city (jiji) since 2020 after being a district (wilaya) for a record period.

This article generally sheds light on the previous one published by this newspaper on March 1. I am writing it for clarity purposes since the last article stimulated interests from part of its ...

As the University of South Africa (Unisa) marks International Mother Language Day on Friday, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi announced plans to introduce Swahili and Mandarin as subjects in the ...

Independent news and stories connecting you to life in Australia and Swahili-speaking Australians. Ease into the English language and Australian culture. We make learning English convenient ...

Independent news and stories connecting you to life in Australia and Swahili-speaking Australians. Ease into the English language and Australian culture. We make learning English convenient ...

READ: SA scientist uses AI to capture rare astronomical objects The expansion makes Bard available in over 40 languages and 59 new countries and territories, with Swahili being the first African ...

Monsignor Donatien Nshole, secretary general of the Bishops' Conference of the DR Congo, was summoned by the government after ...