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 ...

The people of the east coast of Africa first came into touch with Arabian traders many centuries ago, which led to the development of the Swahilu language. Swahili was created as a linguistic franca ...

Swahili is the most widely spoken language in Africa and its footprint has extended to the University of Virginia, where for the first time students can fulfill their four-semester language ...

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 ...

APPLETON, Wisconsin — There’s nothing like going to Mass celebrated in your own language. But for many new arrivals to the United States, English is not their first language. When Pope Francis ...

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 ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The historical lands of the Swahili are on East Africa’s Indian Ocean littoral ...