This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). 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 ...

ANKARA: KISWAHILI has continued to gain its ground in international realms where students from the Regional Studies Center ...

LILONGWE: THE Tanzanian High Commissioner to Malawi, Agnes Richard Kayola, has undertaken a working visit to the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) to discuss plans to ...

IN SHORT: With Tanzanians widely associated with Kiswahili, perhaps more than any other country, a ban on using the language as a medium of instruction would be surprising. Tanzania has banned the use ...

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 ...

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 ...

A teacher conducts a lesson at Victorious Primary School, Kampala, in May. Uganda's Education ministry says it has already distributed Kiswahili textbooks to schools and trained teachers. PHOTO/RACHEL ...

Two-day expo will take place from October 6 to October 8 at the famous Mlimani City grounds in Tanzania’s commercial capital This week, Tanzania Tourist Board has officially launched the seventh ...

Swahili Expo will target mostly tourism and travel trade companies from East Africa and the rest of the continent. The sixth edition of the premier Swahili International Tourism Expo (SITE) will kick ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian authorities said on Monday that they have submitted an application to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to broadcast in Swahili the Africa Cup of ...