RadioActive’s Leija Farr grew up celebrating Kwanzaa, the year-end celebration that started in 1966 as a way for African Americans to connect with their African heritage. The Swahili language is at ...
Somalia is to introduce Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa, to its national curriculum, the president has announced.
“Somalia wears many different hats,” Mohamud said at the summit in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. He explained that Somalia ...
Swahili is set to become the official language for the East African Community (EAC) and the Uganda government has since ordered that all citizens must learn the language. The EAC is made up of five ...
Somalia has announced plans to accelerate the introduction of Swahili into the country's curriculum for schools and ...
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 ...
On November 23,2021, the United Nations designated July 7 as the World Kiswahili Language Day — the official day to celebrate the Swahili language. The announcement was made by the UN Educational, ...