BYU offers many interesting classes, including everything from Campfire Leadership to Pre-legal Latin. Introduction to Swahili, however, proves to be one of the most unusual. 'When I tell people I''m ...

Renowned author and media personality Ken Walibora. [Joseph Muchiri, Standard] Today is World Kiswahili Language Day. The fete is being celebrated globally for the first time since UNESCO designated ...

Kiswahili is spoken across eastern and central Africa. Mother-tongue speakers are found mainly along the coast, but Kiswahili is spoken as a second or third language by people around the world.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tanzanian leader Julius Nyerere, a Swahili advocate. Keystone/Getty Images Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu ...

Today is World Kiswahili Language Day. The fete is being celebrated globally for the first time since UNESCO designated July 7 as the official day to commemorate this particular lingua franca. And ...

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 world that boast over ...