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.

THE government has postponed the Second International Kiswahili Language Conference to July this year to coincide with the global celebrations of World Kiswahili Language Day.The announcement was made ...

A question was once posed by revered Kiswahili scholar, writer and journalist, the late Ken Walibora at a Kiswahili conference. "Tunajenga nyumba moja, kwa nini tupiganie fito?" "We are building one ...

DODOMA: THE government has stepped up efforts to promote and strengthen the use of Kiswahili language as a key driver of regional development. The Principal Secretary in the Zanzibar Ministry of ...

There was a time in Kenya's urban churches when Kiswahili flowed from the pulpit with the precision of a surgeon's scalpel. At Nairobi's Pefa Donholm where I worship, the pastoral leadership dedicated ...

Google launches AI Overviews in 13 African languages like Kiswahili & Somali, empowering millions to search and create ...

The United Nations General Assembly – the main policymaking body of the UN – in July adopted a historic resolution recognising 7th July as the World Kiswahili Language Day. ( July 25, 2024 ). This was ...

In an ironic twist, one of the country’s top Kiswahili teachers, 78-year-old Ruth Gimbo Mukama, never studied the language formally. She tells The Africa Report how fate pushed her to embrace the ...

It gives me great pleasure to give this message from the President of the General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi, who cannot be here today due to his official travels. Excellencies, I am grateful to the ...

When Kenya’s long-distance runner Evans Chebet spoke to journalists ahead of, and after his New York City and Boston Marathon races, his interviews broke the language mold. Chebet who won both races — ...