Nairobi — Between Kiswahili and English, what language should East Africans promote more than the other? Debate on this matter has persisted in the East African region which is proof that this issue ...

THE development milestones achieved in Tanzania within 60 years of Independence is attributed to the growth of Kiswahili language, as a key unifying factor among its citizens. Use of a single unifying ...

Dar Es Salaam - English-speakers on holiday in Tanzania, mistakenly believing colonialism left a legacy of easy communication, are often surprised to find English rarely spoken outside the confines of ...

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 ...

Interest in studying Swahili – the lingua franca of much of East Africa – is booming in Egypt.

The Kiswahili East African Commission (KAKAMA), an inter-governmental organization that promotes and coordinates the development of Kiswahili, was given the first opportunity to organize events to ...

In the 1940s, a student from Kenya named James Gekonyo applied to the Chemistry Department of Makerere University in Uganda. When his admissions interviewers asked him to explain the difference ...

H.E. Said Shaib Mussa, Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania to the State of Kuwait The Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania accredited to the state of Kuwait in collaboration with talk ...

The idea for the collection came about when Kelsey McFaul, who was finishing her PhD at the University of Santa Cruz on literature from East Africa, connected with Two Lines Press which was looking to ...