There are approximately 150 languages in Tanzania. However, because the country's language policies prioritize Swahili, community languages have suffered — particularly in the area of primary ...

Language in Society, Vol. 38, No. 5 (Nov., 2009), pp. 581-606 (26 pages) This article considers language use in Tanzanian beauty pageants, where contestants' onstage speech is the focus of explicit ...

Dar es Salaam — AS Tanzania marks 64 years of Independence, Kiswahili is emerging not just as a national treasure but a sweeping force reshaping diplomatic and cultural ties across Africa and beyond.

Maria Suriano has previously received funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF). A number of African countries boast notable independent publishing landscapes. These include South Africa, ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- About 80 Chinese language teachers from both Tanzania and China on Saturday began attending a two-day workshop at the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es ...

During an event Tuesday, President of the United Republic of Tanzania John Magufuli appealed to the country’s judiciary to make court judgments more accessible to the people of Tanzania by publishing ...

Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan shortly after addressing a joint parliament session in Nairobi on May 5, 2021. [David Njaaga,Standard] President Samia Suluhu’s address to Parliament was a ...

Many African countries had indigenous languages before colonisation imposed the languages of the colonial powers, typically English, French, or Portuguese. Tanzania’s colonial language was English ...

Over the past three decades, China has turned into a major study-abroad hotspot for thousands of African students. In 2018 it hosted over 60,000 African students, making it the second most popular ...