Not everyone celebrates every holiday, but when greeting others, saying "Happy holidays!" instead of, or in addition to, ...

The chill in Nairobi finally pushed us to pack our bags and chase the sun, and the Kenyan coast was calling. In this video, ...

Grace - Another classic name that never goes out of style is Grace. According to the Social Security website, Grace was #40 ...

Swahili heritage expert Mubarak Abdulkadir Abdalla, former curator of Lamu, Gedi, and Fort Jesus UNESCO sites, called the ...

Members of the public now have the chance to help name a baby giraffe at the Phoenix Zoo. She's Sunshine's fifth calf born at ...

As Knoxville's Sudanese and African communities grow, UT Medical Center offers English classes for staff, fostering cultural ...

Teaneck and Newark are some of the North Jersey towns where people can celebrate Kwanzaa, which occurs annually near the end of December.

Along 2,000 miles of the East African coast, the sophisticated trading centers of the medieval Swahili reveal their origins and influences Excavations at the medieval Swahili town of Songo Mnara in ...

It’s hard to imagine what the Africans of Zanzibar made of the Persians when they arrived in the 10th century, sailing in on dhow boats that looked like winged angels of the sea. They were merchants, ...

Somalia will begin preparations to boost teaching of the Swahili language in schools and universities, its president says. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made the announcement on Tuesday at an East ...

English is the main language of instruction at senior schools in Somalia Somalia is to introduce Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa, to its national curriculum, the president has announced.

Ugandan presidential candidate Mubarak Munyagwa has proposed banning Swahili, the country’s official language, in favour of French, saying French offers broader regional coverage. “We shall ban ...