Unless there is indeed a street in Uganda by that name, I guess it was a ‘slight’ mistake given that Masaka has been a city (jiji) since 2020 after being a district (wilaya) for a record period.

Thanks to the film Lion King, a lot of people in the world who don’t speak Kiswahili know what it means. It has been the go-to African language in films, unofficially recognised as the language ...

In other words, as Kiswahili practitioners, it is high time we buried our egos to enhance our professional practices and ethos ...

[Courtesy] Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally-recognised language. It is peer to the few languages of the ...

Many lawyers prefer arguing their cases in English but one Harrison Kinyanjui opted for something unique that left the judge ...

Monsignor Donatien Nshole, secretary general of the Bishops' Conference of the DR Congo, was summoned by the government after ...

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As the University of South Africa (Unisa) marks International Mother Language Day on Friday, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi announced plans to introduce Swahili and Mandarin as subjects in the ...

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Independent news and stories connecting you to life in Australia and Swahili-speaking Australians. Ease into the English language and Australian culture. We make learning English convenient ...

This as the streaming platform has confirmed that it is the first to offer an interface in Kiswahili for subscribers in Tanzania. As for why it decided to add support for the language as an ...