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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is a source of extraordinary pride in East Africa, as reflected in its language ...

The Kiswahili East African Commission (KAKAMA), an inter-governmental organization that promotes and coordinates the development of Kiswahili, was given the first opportunity to organize events to ...

Swahili is the third most-spoken language in Lexington, behind English and Spanish, and Lexington’s Swahili-speaking community gathered Saturday to celebrate their language and the cultures it ...

A genetic analysis of dozens of ancient skeletons from East Africa helps pin down the origins of coastal Swahili society. By Elie Dolgin A long history of mercantile trade along the eastern shores of ...

Analyses of ancient DNA from 80 individuals buried in medieval Swahili stone towns along the East African coast revealed that these individuals had both African and Asian ancestry. The findings ...

The Swahili-speaking community in Lexington is growing, sharing and celebrating its culture with Central Kentucky. On Saturday, amid the pageantry of the city’s third-annual Swahili Day festival, ...

There's nothing like going to Mass celebrated in your own language. But for many new arrivals to the United States, English is not their first language. When Pope Francis launched a consultation ...

For thousands of years, the Indian Ocean winds have brought traders, warriors and religions to the Swahili Coast. From Arabia, Asia and Europe, all clambered ashore, each leaving another layer of ...