Kusimba grew up in western Kenya and is not Swahili, but he became fascinated by the thousand-year-old culture of the Swahili people, who live along the coast of eastern Africa and early on built ...

Who are Swahili people and how was their culture formed? Thousand-year-old DNA tells a story of multiracial connections, trade, and refugees.

By God’s grace, the church is growing throughout East Africa where Swahili is widely spoken, in countries like Kenya, ...

Members of the medieval and early modern Swahili culture lived in towns and villages along the coast of East Africa, shared the Kiswahili language, and largely practiced a common religion of Islam.

The Swahili culture reached its apex from the 12th to 15th centuries, declining with the arrival of the Portuguese during the 16th century.

When British archaeologist Neville Chittick and other early researchers first looked at the ancient stone towns of the Swahili Coast in the 1950s, they saw a culture that couldn’t possibly be ...

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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 ...

"Swahili culture is global," says Mwamburi. "When a foreign tourist comes here and wears the dera , eats pilau , mahamri , or biriani , c hewa (grouper fish), or tafi wa nazi (rabbitfish), she is ...

Step into the rich Swahili culture through historic Fort Jesus, bustling Old Town markets, and the aromatic flavors of traditional cuisine. Journey inland to the peaceful West Pocot Hill, ...