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 ...

Mufasa. Rafiki. Simba. Most students at Princeton speak a little Swahili, thanks to the Disney classic, "The Lion King." In an effort to further expand some students' knowledge and appreciation of the ...

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Swahili is one of the world's most popular languages and only a fraction of the U.S. population knows how to speak it. New Swahili classes at South Carolina State University are ...

Chelsie Frank, a global studies and environmental and sustainable environment senior, sat behind a table in the Sabathani Community Center in Minneapolis wearing a traditional African dress and ...

A recent DePauw graduate who soon will be pursuing a master’s degree in geoscience is adding the Swahili language to his repertoire, thanks to a Critical Language Scholarship awarded him by the U.S.

Early this week, the United Nations General Assembly member states proclaimed July 7 as the World Kiswahili Language Day. This follows as resolution tabled by Kenya and Tanzania on behalf of the ...

Editor’s note: This personal essay was written following a Twitter campaign organized by Global Voices sub-Saharan Africa and Rising Voices where each week, a different language activist shared their ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says students will now be taught Swahili along with Arabic, English and Somali [File: Olivier Douliery/AFP] Somalia will begin preparations to boost teaching of ...

Pepper talks to a group of museum visitors on the lower level of the National Museum of African Art. Michelle Edwards / National Museum of African Art How do you get a robot to speak Swahili? That’s ...

What: St. Ann's Catholic Church offers Mass in the Swahili language. When: 11 a.m. every first Sunday of every month. Where: 2116 E. First Ave., Spokane. Immigrants can have difficulties with language ...