Mombasa’s street food reflects centuries of swahili culture shaped by trade, migration, and the indian ocean. This video explores unique dishes found along the city’s streets that blend african, arab, ...

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 ...

Objects that have never left Kenya before are now traveling America. “World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean” is an exhibition opening Sunday and on display until Feb. 10 at the ...

Listen as we discuss Dr. Anne Rotich’s J-term class in Kenya, Swahili Cultures Then and Now, and the transformative ...

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, ...

A new study of ancient DNA has revealed the shared African and Asian ancestry of the Swahili people that inhabit the Indian Ocean coast of east Africa. Swahili culture bloomed in the medieval period.

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 ...

The Black Studies Department hosted the Swahili Language & Culture Program on Tuesday in MU Student Center. Upon arrival, the students were encouraged to put on Swahili clothes brought by the ...

Kinshasa — News that Swahili has been adopted as one of the African Union's working languages has been well received in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where nearly half the population speaks ...