Dar es Salaam. What happens when comic lovers, cosplayers, gamers, and storytellers from across East Africa stop waiting for permission to belong—and instead build their own world?You get Swahili ...

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

In Swahili culture, “words are not merely visual things,” Purpura says. “Words are also sonorous. Words are to be recited. Words are visually interesting and compelling, ...

Sail a dhow. Visit lost cities. Kenya’s Swahili coast has much to offer travelers who journey to East Africa. Check out our list of 6 reasons to visit.

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 ...

WASHINGTON — It’s a huge word, “Africa.” Only six characters long, but with inflections, extensions and complications that go on and on. Even people who say it often can forget that reality.

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

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.

Sail a dhow. Visit lost cities. Kenya’s Swahili coast has much to offer travelers who journey to East Africa. Check out our list of 6 reasons to visit.

Sail a dhow. Visit lost cities. Kenya’s Swahili coast has much to offer travelers who journey to East Africa. Check out our list of 6 reasons to visit.