| 单词 | Swahili |
| 例句 | He knew Swahili as well as he knew English. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z A man shouted in Swahili, “You are driving the wrong way!” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought we would be the only ones who spoke Swahili,” Bien said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z No one objected as Grace prayed aloud in Swahili and Eldin in Bosnian, first for the health and safety of their teammates, and then, if God saw fit, for a victory. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Sometimes they shouted loud enough for me to hear — they spoke Swahili or some other language I didn’t recognize. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The different languages were never a problem for me: I had grown up speaking Swahili and knew it well. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She didn’t allow boys like Grace and Bien to speak to each other in Swahili; she made them speak English. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Her name was Zalika, which in the Swahili language means ‘born to royalty.’ Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We spent hours teaching them how to sing in Swahili. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She was fluent in English, German, Swahili, and her family’s local language, called Luo. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Although he is an American, his voice carries a hint of a Swahili accent. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a kid who spoke Swahili right outside, in the parking lot! Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z All of them were still speaking Swahili, and so was Jake. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z They could do Swahili accents and had mastered the Claire Danes chin tremble on cue. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She might have been talking Swahili for all Gilly could understand. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Later he turned and spoke at length in Swahili with Robin MacDonald. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was speaking Lingala, but his accent sounded like a Swahili speaker’s. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Some words in Swahili have a silent “n,” which was always a pronunciation challenge. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “You can’t help me with my Spanish homework, but you speak Swahili?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I learned to speak Swahili and to shake the scorpions out of my mosquito boots in the mornings. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Since I had grown up speaking mostly Swahili, one of the languages of Congo, I was impatient with this slow-sounding language of Burundi. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Generose, who spoke Swahili, some French, and Kirundi—the language of Bujumbura and western Burundi—knew only a few words of English. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Not in learning Italian or Swahili or Mandarin, but in language itself, its shape and structure, the Lego blocks of sounds that snap together to make words and sentences. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We spoke either English or Swahili to each other. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “You speak Swahili?” asked the somewhat surprised father. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The men said something in Swahili, then suddenly they were all moving toward me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I loved seeing Africa again, speaking Swahili, not having to think about whether I was using the right words in English. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “And that makes you know Swahili, African geography, and the history of food?” said Emma. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Sensing this, perhaps, Alex was shy and quiet and spoke mainly in Swahili to his family. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z They spoke in two languages from the region, Kirundi and Swahili. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Ah,” Jake replied, also in Swahili, “then you will need to exit the bus in two more stops.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z They’re chattering to each other, both flat on their backs again, batting words back and forth, English and Swahili, gazing up at the glowing night sky. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It didn’t take too long for me to know I wouldn’t be changing my name to some Swahili translation for “oldest, tallest daughter.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He didn’t speak French, Swahili, or Mandarin to any tourists. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z We spoke mostly French and some Swahili, not the language of my people, Kinyamulenge. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In addition to Portuguese, he also knew Greek, French, and even Swahili, which he learned during their hunting trip to Africa. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Conversations between educated Kenyans move fluidly between English and Swahili, the country’s two official languages. In Nairobi, a feeling of otherness in a place he considers almost like home Shakespeare's Globe theater announced details Tuesday of a festival that will see all 37 of William Shakespeare's plays performed in 37 languages, from Urdu to Swahili, over six weeks in 2012. The Bard goes global with 37 plays in 37 languages 2011-09-26T23:02:08Z And he show shakes up that model with corrective evidence: some 160 pieces of Swahili Coast art, all of it instructive, most of it eye-and-mind-absorbing, some of it really magnificent. Swahili, the Pulse of Life at the Crossroads 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z He adored the 18 noun classes in Swahili and the negative verb forms in Estonian, both influences in his created languages. In ?Game of Thrones,? a Language to Make the World Feel Real 2011-12-11T22:17:16Z “Each of us carried a Swahili middle name. It’s hard to doubt your blackness with a middle name like Jabari, which means ‘the bravest.’” Critic at Large Rebecca Carroll on Wesley Lowery's 'They Can't Kill Us All' 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Coconut milk binds the version at Swahili Village. Review | Swahili Village brings a taste of African fine dining to D.C. 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Harambee means “let us pull together” in Swahili, and they do just that artistically by combining African and African-American movement, contemporary dance and percussion. Dance Listings for July 18-20 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The National Museum of African Art is here to remind us of it with a pearl of an exhibition — cool, glowing, somewhat opaque — called “World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean.” Swahili, the Pulse of Life at the Crossroads 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z All of it is performed in a cascading blend of English, French, and German with Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, and Swahili, not to mention high-speed nonsense verse. The African Toll of the Great War, in Song and Shadows 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Also lipstick, earrings and four Swahili rings she found in Kenya. How Working From Home Changed Wardrobes Around the World 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z They told me my name meant “fortunate” in Swahili, which isn’t true. Two Tattoos Gone Wrong 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z And while Hebrew dominates his lyrics, his songs are peppered with languages including Arabic, Amharic, Swahili, Spanish and Creole Portuguese. Music: Israeli Singer of the World 2011-06-23T11:54:54Z The Swahili coast of East Africa is home to a crossroads culture. 24 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z She went to small taarab social clubs, usually run by women and, most importantly, became involved in unyago, the initiation procedure for Swahili women. Bi Kidude dies 2013-04-17T17:32:16Z He sang serious thoughts about poverty, corruption, mortality, faith and Tanzanian pride, and he called his music “ubongo beat” — “ubongo” is Swahili for “brain.” Remmy Ongala, Tanzanian Musical Star, Dies at 63 2011-01-17T04:17:29Z Harder still, he and others say, is trying to remember what all the Swahili words mean. Day 27: What Are Kids Saying About Kwanzaa? 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z The Swahili storytellers have this quote: “The story has been told. If it was bad, it was my fault, because I am the storyteller. But if it was good, it belongs to everybody.” ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’: The Oral History of a Modern Action Classic 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z It’s a fitting ritual for a show in which Africa is celebrated and there are six indigenous languages sung and spoken: Swahili, Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana and Congolese. Inside a special Black History Month rite at ‘The Lion King’ 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Swahili Village brings a taste of African fine dining to D.C. Review | L’Auberge Chez Francois is ready for its close-up, yet again 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The local phrase, made famous by its use in the Disney film The Lion King, is Rutta’s favorite saying, at least when he’s escorting around mzungus like us, the Swahili term for white people. Why laughter makes no sense: The surprising science behind what tickles our funny bones 2014-04-09T22:59:00Z To the north up the Kenyan coast is Lamu Town, its small streets humming with the sounds of chisels and hammers crafting Swahili doors, and donkeys carrying heavy loads of coral limestone. A World Heritage Designation Can Be a Blessing, or a Curse 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z While Swahili and the languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe will be featured, Yoruba represents the only West African language to be a part of the festival. 'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African reboot 2012-05-25T10:51:11Z But her knowledge of Swahili, the lingua franca of many East African tribes, and her grasp of African traditions made her Hollywood’s go-to person on the African continent. Eva Monley, Film Location Scout in Africa, Dies at 88 2011-11-21T04:36:17Z Along with Scrooge, the show, which closes this weekend, features Hanukkah songs and caroling in Swahili. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 12-18 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z There are instructions in English, French, German, Swedish and Dutch, but they may as well be in Swahili, and after half an hour I’m in need of a comforting sunset. Therapy lamps tested: ‘The optical equivalent of freezing cold shower' 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The album’s title, which Mr. Brown also uses as this band’s name, means black in Swahili. Justin Brown Is a Monster on Drums. Now He’s a Bandleader, Too. 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z This popular app is an easy and free way to get started learning a language — there are more than 30 available, including Irish, Norwegian, Hindi, Czech, Hebrew, Vietnamese, Greek, Romanian and Swahili. Want to Learn French? Italian? Russian? There’s No Time Like the Present 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The drumming began slowly, with the dancers languidly moving their hips, and the singer repeating a phrase in Swahili that Leo translated as “dance mama dance.” Cultured Traveler: Where Tanzania Taps Its Feet 2014-02-18T17:38:07Z “Kugichagulia!” said Parker Johnson, 5, of Pasadena, Calif., giggling as he pronounced the Swahili word three times in rapid succession. Day 27: What Are Kids Saying About Kwanzaa? 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z And sheng, the Nairobi street slang that employs a hip-hop pastiche of puns and appropriations borrowed from Swahili and English, is the lingua franca of the city’s youth. In Nairobi, a feeling of otherness in a place he considers almost like home Occasionally, he had to push back against publishers who wanted to italicize or Anglicize Swahili and Arabic references and phrases in his books, he said. Abdulrazak Gurnah Is Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The Swahili language spoken here is a composite of Bantu and Arabic, with tributes to Persian, Portuguese, English and Hindi. Zanzibar in the Rain 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Including the talents of reedist Bennie Maupin and drummer Billy Hart, the category-defying electric group all assumed Swahili names, one of Hancock's several acknowledgments in the book of his position in a changing racial climate. Herbie Hancock's memoir recalls a creative life and all that jazz David Peterson, a “conlanger,” or person who constructs new languages, created the dialect for “Game of Thrones,” finding inspiration in Swahili, Estonian, Turkish, Russian, among other languages. ArtsBeat Blog: Rosetta Throne: Learn to Speak Dothraki 2011-12-11T23:41:52Z She was an iconoclast, a woman who trained horses, took lovers, spoke Swahili and knew her way around the countryside. Author of ‘The Paris Wife’ reimagines the world of aviator Beryl Markham 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Most of her Instagram videos used to be in both English and Swahili, but now they are primarily in English. ‘I Miss No One.’ (She’s Kidding. Kind Of.) 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Next up: a Swahili Village for Newark, with great support from the brand builder’s landlord. Review | Swahili Village brings a taste of African fine dining to D.C. 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z “Rafiki” - “Friend” in Swahili - premiered at Cannes, the first Kenyan film to be selected by the prestigious festival. Kenya lifts ban on lesbian film, making it eligible for Oscars 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z “Zanzibar is not just one thing — Arab, Indian, Persian or Bantu. It’s what they call Swahili,” the fashion designer Farouque Abdela said. Zanzibar in the Rain 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Also Swahili, some Indian dialects and the local Sicilian argot — an especially thick slurry of antigrammatical Italian slang. T Magazine: Stone Soul Picnic 2011-05-20T16:28:24Z She also is trying to get into the practice of doing more writing and reading in Swahili. At Freer, old instruments from Asia will come together 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The judges noted that “his stories are marked by the presence of the Quran or ‘Arabian Nights,’ and his English is patched with traces of Swahili, Arabic, Hindi and German.” Nobel Prize in literature awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Fondest memento or memory: The Rivervalley Campsite outside Iringa hosts a Swahili language school, and most of the guests we met were Westerners staying for a few weeks or months. Exotic spottings in the wild of Tanzania No sooner did he open Swahili Village in the basement space that previously housed Honeysuckle and Vidalia — March 15, 2020 — than Onyona was relegated to serving the food of his native Kenya as takeout. Review | Swahili Village brings a taste of African fine dining to D.C. 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z His first language is Swahili, but English became his literary language. Nobel Prize in literature awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Also on the program are "Twelfth Night" in Hindi, "Pericles" in Greek and "The Merry Wives of Windsor" in Swahili, along with productions by both Israelis and Palestinians. The Bard goes global with 37 plays in 37 languages 2011-09-26T23:02:08Z She will be polite and genteel and speak fluent French, Latin, Swahili, Greek and one language that is mostly clicks and glottal stops. Perspective | Just imagine what kind of president we might elect after Trump 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z This was blended with an early form of taarab, an Arab/Swahili fusion introduced to Zanzibar in the early 1900s. Bi Kidude dies 2013-04-17T17:32:16Z I heard again and again of the curfew — a Swahili word, because it was the lingua franca there. Paul Theroux Recalls a Fear-Filled Lockdown 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z “Rafiki”, which means friend in the Swahili language, premiered at the Cannes film festival, the first Kenyan film to do so. Lesbian love movie director sues Kenya to lift ban on film 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The products’ names are a nod to their origins: zambarau means purple in Swahili, and a shimmery olive-green eyeshadow is dubbed Safari. Finding the Beauty in African Sales 2012-11-15T06:07:03Z The rich have access to multiple educational options, including at-home “pandemic pods” with private tutors, or in the case of Avenues, personal mentors and instruction in 50 languages, including Punjabi and Swahili. Rich City Tykes Swell Schools in Hamptons and Hudson Valley 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z Gurnah’s first language is Swahili, but he adopted English as his literary language, with his prose often inflected with traces of Swahili, Arabic and German. Abdulrazak Gurnah Is Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z He called the airline, spoke Swahili to “the boss,” and handed the phone to Ted, who began heated negotiations. Exotic spottings in the wild of Tanzania Most of my friends and I were there on short-term assignments, selling solar-powered lamps and researching Swahili sign language for dissertations before returning to our lives back home. Modern Love: Broken, Not Bound, by an Intimate Tie 2014-03-27T21:54:34Z “Ever since corona started we’ve all been in isolation and I miss no one,” she says in one of her most popular Instagram videos, laughing before switching to Swahili then back to English. ‘I Miss No One.’ (She’s Kidding. Kind Of.) 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Swahili and Yoruba, for example, are among the local languages being preserved by the spread of globalized technologies. Letters: Global Culture: A Scholar?s View 2010-04-24T02:32:00Z He will also debut this year in Swahili in a production in Kenya. 2010-01-29T19:45:00Z My guy was becoming himself again, haggling with an onlooker in a mixture of Swahili and English until the man agreed to drive us to the nearest town, where we could spend the night. Modern Love: Broken, Not Bound, by an Intimate Tie 2014-03-27T21:54:34Z Along with Scrooge, you can expect Hanukkah songs and caroling in Swahili; the show closes this weekend. Spare Times: For Children, for Dec. 30-Jan. 5 2011-12-29T22:23:48Z They sing primarily in Hebrew, Spanish, Arabic and Swahili, and bandmates range in age from 16 to people in their 80s. India.Arie readies 5th effort with Israeli singer 2011-03-03T14:07:26Z It will offer 200 languages, with interpreters from 20 major ones from Spanish to Swahili, guaranteed to be available within a minute. Frugal Traveler: Tech Tips, and Warnings, for Budget Travelers 2014-03-25T16:40:17Z The book of Swahili names for your baby, or that copy of The African Communist? Where Books Meet Black Mecca 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z On the Swahili coast of Kenya, where my friends finished up at the Almanara resort, the culture is very different. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z That’s a typical greeting and response in Swahili, one of the country’s two official languages. Travel to China and Kenya at Folklife Festival She told the Los Angeles Times she had learned “African history and some Swahili” and that we sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at school assemblies. Kamala Harris, busing in Berkeley and me: The tangled tale of a semi-failed social experiment 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z At Heathrow, the action involved officials who spoke such languages as Swahili, Arabic, Yoruba, Urdu and Igbo. Racism label should not deter British police from FGM fight, says officer 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z They were all learning Swahili as the prerequisite to various planned engagements in some of the least developed regions of Tanzania. Exotic spottings in the wild of Tanzania They’ve been translated into 38 languages, including the first translation of his work into Swahili, the main language of his birthplace. Abdulrazak Gurnah Refuses to Be Boxed In: ‘I Represent Me’ 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z While in college she became fluent in Swahili and studied in Kenya, where she immersed herself in African music. Tune-Yards overcomes 'crisis of faith' 2011-05-05T15:49:49Z The Californian musician speaks Swahili, plays the ukulele and used to be a puppeteer – three things the Music Weekly team can't do. Music Weekly: Stornoway 2010-06-04T11:34:00Z Before he set off for Kenya, he looked for a book to learn Swahili. Mecca for modern music 2012-05-29T13:02:04Z The festival will see all 37 of William Shakespeare's plays performed in 37 languages, from Urdu to Swahili, over six weeks in 2012. 1 arrest in protest at London's Globe Theater 2012-05-28T21:03:08Z Bitter Pill's visually gorgeous Swahili The Merry Wives of Windsor managed to inject the most brainless and boring of Shakespeare's comedies with vitality and belly laughs. Shakespeare, universal? No, it's cultural imperialism 2012-05-21T13:00:03Z The kofia is a standard element of male apparel on the Swahili Coast. Swahili, the Pulse of Life at the Crossroads 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z New cast members seek them out for advice and ask Dlamini questions about Swahili words. 2 veterans from 'The Lion King' opening still roar 2012-11-16T14:35:08Z In Greek, “hippopotamus” means “water horse,” while in Swahili it means “butt ugly.” Style Invitational Week 1293: Constitutional unconvention 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Stelbee, a beautiful young woman from Burkina Faso in a matching yellow turban and floor-length gown, sang infectious melodies in a mix of Swahili, French and English. Along the Niger River, the Beat of the Sahel 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Every detail is carefully arranged, from the sinks of Moroccan brass to a bathtub of Swahili plasterwork. Keeper of Africa's lost arts 2012-01-11T21:13:12Z She sings “Malaika,” a popular Swahili tune about a young man’s love for his “angel,” his “little bird,” whom he is too poor to marry. ‘The Suit’: A fitting personal and political allegory 2014-03-21T23:14:10Z “Some things are just funnier in Swahili, so I won’t change them or try to translate them,” she said. ‘I Miss No One.’ (She’s Kidding. Kind Of.) 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z I might as well have read it in Swahili. My night with Gérard Depardieu: pipes, poems and a skinful ... of haggis 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z The app is called JazaMiti, which means “fill with trees” in Swahili. Kenya Celebrates New Tree-Planting Holiday 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z She was gifted a Swahili shawl locally known as a kanga. King Charles III meets with religious leaders to promote peace on the final day of his Kenya visit 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Part of the King's speech was delivered in Swahili, as he toasted the connections between the countries. King Charles says 'no excuse' for Kenya colonial violence 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The royal couple also visited the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at gardens named Uhuru, which is Swahili for freedom. King Charles III is in Kenya for a state visit, his first to a Commonwealth country as monarch 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Kendi means ‘loved one’ in Swahili, paying homage to the language spoken in Kenya, where reticulated giraffes can be found in the wild. California zoo welcomes baby giraffe ‘Kendi’ 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z The language barrier has raised some concerns, as in Haiti people predominantly speak French and Haitian Creole, while in Kenya, the most commonly spoken languages are English and Swahili. Haiti crisis: Can Kenyan police officers defeat the gangs? 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Her name, which is pronounced “see-tune-nee”, is Swahili for “in the forest”. Leg Braces Help Young Giraffe Stand Tall 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z All of the names are in Swahili, a language spoken in parts of Africa. Rare Spotless Giraffe Born at Zoo 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z The spotless reticulated giraffe born at Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, earlier this summer was recently named Kipekee, which means “unique” in Swahili. Another rare spotless giraffe found—the first ever seen in the wild 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Both learned to speak a modicum of Swahili. We raised our kids in Africa for a decade. Here's what happened | Op-Ed 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Uber's new green product in Kenya, dubbed Electric Boda in a nod to the Swahili term for motorbike taxis, will comprise 3,000 bikes within six months, or just under a fifth of its fleet. Uber rolls out electric bike fleet in Kenya, its first in Africa 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Initially, Green planned to name the company the Swahili word for green. Hinton Publishing highlights ‘underinvited’ authors 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Asked if another language besides English is spoken at home, hands shot up — answers included Spanish, Zulu, Swahili and Bulgarian. Summer camp in California gives Jewish children of color a haven to be different together 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z In English and Swahili, with English subtitles Rating: PG-13, for strong violent content, bloody images and thematic elements Running time: 1 hour, 58 minutes. Review: A pop star fights an autocrat in uneven but rousing 'Bobi Wine: The People's President' 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z We were strangers in every conceivable way except for this one song, sung in Swahili and adapted from “The Lord’s Prayer.” The choir that saved my life 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z "I have been unable to eat or sleep since then," she told the BBC in Swahili. Uganda school attack: 'Gospel songs interrupted by screaming' 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Turkey's public broadcaster TRT banked on the withdrawal of several competitors in the region to launch this digital news platform in French, English, Swahili and Hausa. Why Turkey's election is being closely followed in Africa 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z In the early sixteenth century, Portugal attempted to seize the wealth of the Swahili coast, aided by internal dissent within the Sultanate of Kilwa. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In the eighth century, Muslim traders from Arabia and Egypt began to settle in towns and trading centers along the Swahili coast, the part of eastern Africa that stretches along the Indian Ocean. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Shakahola is a Swahili word that loosely translates as "a place where worries are lifted". Kenya starvation cult: 'My wife and six children followed Pastor Mackenzie' 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z They were talking in Swahili - the lingua franca in the region - and afterwards began shouting "Allahu Akbar", meaning "God is greatest". Uganda school attack: 'Gospel songs interrupted by screaming' 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Founder Aminata Umoja uses a Black puppet named Swahili to welcome her students, ask how they are doing and start the day with morals and values rooted in their African heritage. Black parents seek schools affirming their history amid bans 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z The Swahili coast city-states had long been trade rivals, and their history of competition with one another prevented them from unifying in the face of the threat of Portuguese domination. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z By the tenth century, the Swahili coast was acknowledged as an important commercial center. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Here the quintessential characteristics of the Swahili coast meet Mozambique’s food and vibrant social life. Your Friday Briefing: Xi Rebuffs the U.S. 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z In Tanzania, a sign in Swahili told Harris to “feel at home.” Harris finds new connections in Africa as historic figure 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z A new DNA analysis of skeletons helped confirm oral histories of the origins of coastal Swahili society. Your Thursday Briefing 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Portugal extended its control along the rest of the Swahili coast as well, establishing trading posts. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z This Swahili language and culture had a powerful influence in the towns of the east African coast. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z One seemingly fanciful account dates from the 1500s, when Arab chroniclers recorded the stories Swahili people told about their origins. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z A long history of mercantile trade along the eastern shores of Africa left its mark on the DNA of ancient Swahili people. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z On the morning of the shooting, students sang “Amazing Grace” in the chapel and practiced saying “jambo” — a traditional Swahili greeting — with a missionary doctor who was visiting the school. A Place of Sanctuary Is Punctured by the Reality of Gun Violence in America 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z How did the Swahili coast city-states take advantage of wind patterns in the Indian Ocean? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Key cities along the Swahili coast included Mombasa, Zanzibar, and Kilwa. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z After washing up on the coast of Africa, they founded a dynasty that ruled the Swahili coast for centuries. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The findings help elucidate the foundations of Swahili civilization, and suggest that long-told origin stories, passed down through generations of Swahili families, may be more truthful than many outsiders have presumed. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Grayson wrote on Facebook that the kids were great and learned about Kenya, some Swahili words and what it means to be a missionary. Doctor decries gun violence after school shooting near miss 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z What African commodities entered the Indian Ocean trade through the Swahili city-states? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Mostly due to its domination of the gold trade, Kilwa became the most important of the Swahili towns, although Zanzibar proved nearly as powerful. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z An analysis of 54 genomes from people buried in Swahili coastal towns between 1250 and 1800 C.E. now gives that tale scientific support—while showing much of Swahili culture was derived from local African ancestors. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The Swahili Coast is a narrow strip of land that stretches some 2,000 miles along the Eastern African seaboard — from modern-day Mozambique, Comoros and Madagascar in the south, to Somalia in the north. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z “We have a saying in Swahili: ‘When the elephants fight, it’s always the grass that gets trampled.’ Harris heads to Africa amid Biden’s urgent courtship of the continent 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Where did enslaved Africans sold in the Swahili coast city-states primarily go, and for what kinds of labor were they used? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The development of the Swahili city-states also had the effect of connecting the interior of central southern Africa with the wider trade of the Indian Ocean basin. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The DNA of medieval people buried in elite Swahili cemeteries around 1200 C.E. shows their male forebears were closely related to people in modern-day Iran. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Islam, for example, arrived from the Middle East and became an integral part of the Swahili social fabric, but with coral-stone mosques built and decorated in a local, East African style. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The female southern white rhino calf was born on 13 January and her name means "beautiful" in Swahili. King Charles and Camilla visit Colchester to mark city status 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z How did the Islamic identity of the Swahili coast connect it to other parts of the Islamic world? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z How did trade along the Swahili coast connect the cultures of the African interior with those of East Asia? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z University of South Florida archaeologist Chapurukha Kusimba, who led the study, published today in Nature, believes it finally resolves the mysterious history of the Swahili coast. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z But over the past 40 years, archaeologists, linguists and historians have come to see Swahili society as predominantly homegrown — with outside elements adopted over time that had only a marginal impact. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Kijiji means “village” in Swahili, reflecting how this Black History Month event has united thousands of attendees across and beyond the African diaspora over time. What to do around Seattle this week: Seattle Home & Garden Show and more 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The people of the coast came to speak Swahili, which combined the grammar of African Bantu languages with a Bantu and Arabic vocabulary. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z By the 1200s, a distinct Swahili civilization had emerged, speaking a distinct Arabic-Bantu dialect, oriented toward the sea rather than the African interior, dominated by independent city-states that specialized in trade, and Islamic in faith. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z A postcolonial backlash posited the opposite, arguing that the medieval Swahili culture was entirely African in origin. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z That African-centric version of Swahili roots never sat well with the Swahili people themselves, though. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The Amani festival, which means "peace" in Swahili, usually takes place in Goma, capital of North Kivu province. African artists show support for east Congo conflict at music festival 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Soon thereafter, Portugal lost control of all its remaining colonies on the Swahili coast except Mozambique. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Swahili coast and its seaborne trade with Arabia, China, and East Asia. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The architecture of the “stone towns” was distinct from foreign styles, and Swahili was clearly a Bantu language, with loan words from Arabic, Persian, Portuguese, and other languages from overseas. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z “It’s remarkably spot on,” said Mark Horton, an archaeologist at the Royal Agricultural University of England who has worked on the Swahili coast for decades. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z He remembers how comforting it was having a dialect coach on set of “I Dream of Africa” when he had to learn both Swahili and the mid-Atlantic accent as a teenager. Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a dialect coach 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z The version of Islam practiced by the people of the Swahili coast, however, made concessions to the pre-Islamic practices of several of the area’s African societies. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Islam in particular made great advances in the Sudanic region of West Africa and along the Swahili coast. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But Kusimba decided to search for more direct evidence about the origins of the Swahili founders. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Since children inherit these bits of DNA only from their mothers, the researchers inferred that the maternal forbearers of the Swahili people were mostly of African descent. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z In the footage of a man shown lighting up an electric bulb apparently using a rock, a voice can be heard speaking Swahili with an accent from the DR Congo. Can these rocks really power light bulbs? No, say the experts 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z People captured in the interior were marched to the Swahili coast and held there until buyers for them could be found, although starvation, exhaustion, and disease killed nearly three-quarters before they could be sold. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In other areas, monotheistic beliefs were blended with prehistoric religious practices to create truly unique cultural expressions, such as the Africanized Islam practiced by the Muslims of the Swahili coast. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In the new study, DNA from medieval cemeteries used by the Swahili elite revealed a genetic influx from Persia that was “overwhelmingly male,” according to co-author Esther Brielle, a geneticist at Harvard University. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z So, a large fraction of Swahili ancestry presumably came from Persian men. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The Wednesday before the shooting, Morgan Johnson said, she was sitting in the student center with Jones as they each listened to their virtual Swahili class. ‘The weight of being a Black student feels so heavy right now’ 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z By the seventeenth century, the slave trade on the Swahili coast had assumed enormous proportions, with an influx of traders from Oman on the Arabian Peninsula. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Although it was eventually crushed in 883, this unrest effectively ended much of the large-scale slave trade between the Swahili coast and the Persian Gulf in this period. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z To collaborators familiar with Swahili culture past and present, however, a violent takeover seemed implausible. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z “Swahili was an absorbing society,” said Adria LaViolette, an archaeologist at the University of Virginia who has worked on the East African coast for over 35 years. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Abdul took English classes but Swahili was his primary language, his family said. He fled Congo’s war and froze on a Buffalo street 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Between the beginning and the end of the seventeenth century, the number of enslaved people sold on the Swahili coast quadrupled from roughly one thousand to four thousand per year. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In the seventh century, the Swahili culture blossomed along the East African coast. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “Archaeologists had been debating the origins of the Swahili people,” Brielle says, “and the whole time they had their own story—which, it turns out, might not be mythology.” DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Even as the Persians who arrived influenced the culture, “they became Swahili,” she said. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z “His child will know that he was so happy the baby would be born here,” she said in a text message to a reporter in Swahili. He fled Congo’s war and froze on a Buffalo street 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Their people were united by a shared religion, Islam, and a shared language, Swahili. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Zimbabwean gold made Kilwa the wealthiest of all the Swahili city-states. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z After landing on the Swahili coast, they married into powerful local families before setting out to sea once more. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z A Kenyan-born anthropological archaeologist from the University of South Florida, Dr. Kusimba is now looking for skeletons from less well-to-do burial sites along the Swahili coast. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Nane means eight in Swahili, and the name was chosen because the company had eight founders. 'I wouldn't leave South Africa, I have a kid here' 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Products from the interior of the African continent were sold by the Swahili traders to merchants from Arabia, Persia, and India. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Along the way, they created key cultural elements that were the bases for later civilizations, including the Swahili speakers of the East African coast. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “We have 300 years of Swahili civilization preceding this,” Horton says. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z But until he has those gene sequences in hand, it will be impossible to say just how far-reaching the foreign influence has been on the DNA of people of Swahili descent. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z His first name is Tagalog for “nothing”; his last name is Swahili for “nothing.” Review | Nothing matters in ‘Dr. No,’ Percival Everett’s parody of James Bond 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Enslaved Africans were also sold in the Swahili city-states. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The most probable route for trade was up the Limpopo River to the coastal areas toward Sofala, one of the southernmost regions of the Swahili coast. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Today, many Swahili people have little genetic relationship with the medieval individuals in the study. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z A key step in all this research, said Dr. Kusimba and his colleagues, was their engagement with local Swahili communities. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The prayers of the faithful during the Mass were read in languages spoken by foreign workers including Tagalog, Swahili, Malayalam, Tamil and Konkani. Pope Francis thrills small Gulf Catholic community with big Mass 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Why didn’t the trading ports of the Swahili coast extend along the full length of the coast of Africa? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In what ways did the cultural blending on the Swahili coast make it an ideal region of exchange between the east and the peoples of Africa? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Samples from almost 200 modern people who identified as Swahili showed that only those with ancestral ties to coastal towns retained large amounts of Persian ancestry. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Giant flames and plumes of smoke could be seen on the slopes, witnesses in the area told BBC Swahili. Kilimanjaro: Firefighters tackle blaze on Tanzania mountain 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Their lyrics, in English and a smattering of Swahili, are highly political and delve into everything from colonial history and corruption to racism. Letter from Africa: The Afro-punk band taking on 'whitewashed' history 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Which Swahili city-state came to dominate the southern part of the coast, trading in gold with Sofala? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Ike Nwaneri, head of marketing and events for all Swahili Village restaurants, says Swahili Village’s jollof is a fusion — it’s not meant to be Nigerian, Ghanaian, Cameroonian or Kenyan. Perspective | I explored D.C. for the ultimate comfort food: Jollof rice 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Its cultural legacy remains potent: Swahili is now spoken across large parts of Africa, and the ruins of ancient towns, many with mosques and other buildings cut from shoreline coral deposits, record the coast’s heyday. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Nyege nyege means dance in the local Luganda language but has sexual connotations in East Africa's most commonly spoken tongue, Swahili. Nyege Nyege: Sell-out crowd at 'immoral' Ugandan music festival 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z The British actor handles German and Swahili easily, conveys the personalities of the different speakers in both manner and voice, palpably inhabiting this quietly brilliant story. Review | 3 new audiobooks to kick off your fall playlist 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z In what ways was the practice of Islam on the Swahili coast different from the practice of Islam elsewhere? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Review: Swahili Village brings a taste of African fine dining to D.C. Perspective | I explored D.C. for the ultimate comfort food: Jollof rice 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z But whether Swahili culture was indigenous to Africa or arrived from overseas has been an ongoing debate. DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z He began writing fiction in English — his first language was Swahili — and eventually became an English professor at the University of Kent, where he taught for several decades. Review | Never read Nobel winner Abdulrazak Gurnah? Start with ‘Afterlives’ 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z He went to a Christian missionary school, learning English and Swahili to add to his mother tongue, Kikamba, before helping the family income by tending their goats and working on a British-owned dairy farm. Kamoya Kimeu, renowned fossil hunter in Africa, is dead 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z How did the mixed African-Arab ancestry of most merchants in the Swahili city-states facilitate trade? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Zion Kitchen, located off a busy road in Northeast D.C., is everything Swahili Village is not — but it’s exactly what I expected it to be. Perspective | I explored D.C. for the ultimate comfort food: Jollof rice 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z He began writing in English, rather than his first language of Swahili, adding a layer in his careerlong drive to reveal the hybridity inherent in migration — which Gurnah believes is fundamental to the modern world. Review: Love after atrocity: A Nobel winner's new novel crystallizes the pain of colonialism 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z He did, however, learn to speak English and Swahili as well as his native Kikamba, a linguistic facility that proved useful when translating for visiting scientists. Kamoya Kimeu, Fossil-Hunting ‘Legend’ in East Africa, Is Dead 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z TikTok said it moderates content in more than 60 languages, including Swahili, but declined to give additional details about its moderators in Kenya or the number of languages it monitors. Why dangerous content thrives on Facebook and TikTok in Kenya 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z For centuries, Africans had participated in the trans-Saharan slave trade, selling prisoners in North Africa and on the Swahili Coast to be transported to destinations in the Mediterranean or the Middle East. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Global Witness said it resubmitted two of its ads, one in English and one in Swahili, after Meta published its blog post to see if anything has changed. In a 3rd test, Facebook still fails to block hate speech 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The volunteer-run station broadcasts shows in languages including Yoruba and Swahili on topics ranging from politics to sport to music. 'We have a zeal to protect our heritage' 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z And written in eight languages - English, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Classical Hebrew, Swahili, Hindi and Spanish - were cryptic instructions for rebuilding society post Doomsday: Georgia Guidestones: 'America's Stonehenge' demolished after blast 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The national languages in Kenya are English and Swahili, but Kenyans speak dozens of other tribal languages, dialects and the local slang known as Sheng. Why dangerous content thrives on Facebook and TikTok in Kenya 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z He informed Lyoya’s parents about the charge before holding a news conference and also sent a letter in Swahili, their native language. Michigan officer charged in Lyoya shooting set for hearing 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Hence, a menu that highlights the spice route of yore, and snacks including spicy, beef-filled samosas that Grant originally made but now buys from Swahili Village in Beltsville. Review | 2022 Spring Dining Guide But say that to a Web 3 advocate and they will look at you as if you just read the Magna Carta in Swahili. What Roe v. Wade activism looks like in the era of NFTs and Web 3 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Although he told the patrolman that he spoke English, he didn’t speak it well; a Swahili interpreter had been requested for him in court hearings. The driver, the officer and the deadly traffic stop in Grand Rapids 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z But read him at your peril; afterward, you won’t be satisfied with just building a raised bed; you’ll also take up the guitar and try to learn Swahili. Perspective | 5 reasons to grow a vegetable garden, beyond the vegetables 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z In recent weeks some banned Swahili newspapers have been allowed to resume, including one owned by Mr Mbowe. Freeman Mbowe: Tanzania's opposition leader finally released 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z In fact, after Arabic, Swahili is the most commonly spoken language in Africa. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'm pushing for more upcoming talents to be featured on radio and TV. I want to ensure our youth get airplay and build their brands and become self-sufficient," Omondi told BBC Swahili. Why Kenyan music is drowned out by Nigerian sounds 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z After happy hour drinks, it would be time for dinner, so we would head to Swahili Village on M Street NW. How artist Jamilla Okubo would spend a perfect day in D.C. 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z In its heartland, Swahili and its dialects stretch from parts of Somalia down to Mozambique and across to the western parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Swahili's bid to become a language for all of Africa 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Karenga is said to have initiated Kwanzaa, which translates to “first fruits” in Swahili, to bring Blacks together. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Kwanzaa a fake religion, rips College Republicans for observing it 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Swahili is widely used on the east coast of Africa, but is found elsewhere, too. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to respond to the challenge of Afrobeats and Bongo Flava, some local musicians have adopted West African accents in English, or the way Tanzanians speak Swahili. Why Kenyan music is drowned out by Nigerian sounds 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Worship services and Bible study are translated into Swahili and sometimes held in that language. From Kabul to Kentucky: Afghans put down roots in refugee haven 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Some linguists predict that Swahili's reach in Africa will continue to expand. Swahili's bid to become a language for all of Africa 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Confronted with fabricated testimony, “Mahmood stumbles, his English is fracturing, words of Somali, Arabic, Hindi, Swahili and English clotting at once on his tongue.” Review | In ‘The Fortune Men,’ a corrupt legal system frames an innocent man 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Swahili uses Bantu basics along with Arabic and Persian words. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ugandan defence ministry did not confirm how many troops had been deployed, but said infantry, artillery, armoured and special forces would be in Congo under Operation Shujja, which means hero in Swahili. Uganda says troops to stay in Congo as long as needed to defeat ADF 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z A number, including some in Swahili, Kazakh and Byelorussian, suggest scientists are divided over its causes. Climate change: Conspiracy theories found on foreign-language Wikipedia 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Tom Jelpke, a researcher of Swahili at London's School of Oriental and African Studies, argues that as connections grow across the continent, people will want a common way to communicate. Swahili's bid to become a language for all of Africa 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Until now, Gurnah's work has also not been included on the country's literature syllabus at schools, despite the inclusion of other Swahili and African writers. Why Tanzanian Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah is hardly known back home 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Swahili is a Bantu language with many words borrowed from Arabic. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z For now Kenyans are just happy that, like the anti-colonial heroes who gave them their freedom - or "uhuru" in Swahili - they too now have uhuru to carry on the business of living at all hours. How lifting Kenya's curfew may push revellers to get jabbed 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Hospitality makes a good case for supporting Swahili Village, too. 2021 Fall Dining Guide Despite this post-colonial vision and the current boosted status of Swahili there has to be a dose of realism. Swahili's bid to become a language for all of Africa 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z One reason for this is that Gurnah writes in English - not in Swahili, the language spoken by the majority of Tanzanians and which is the Nobel laureate's mother tongue. Why Tanzanian Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah is hardly known back home 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z People of mixed Arab and African ancestry came to be called Swahili. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He joined the Army in 2016 while he was still in school because the Military needed a soldier who was fluent in both English and Swahili, his native language. Immigrant turned US Army soldier-runner headed to Tokyo: 'I'll be doing this for the United States' 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z As luck would have it, Swahili Village opened on March 15, 2020. 2021 Fall Dining Guide But whereas Swahili has an appeal in east, central and southern Africa, it has more competition in the west and the north. Swahili's bid to become a language for all of Africa 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z There have been fresh calls to translate his novels into Swahili. Why Tanzanian Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah is hardly known back home 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Although Swahili peoples do not share a single culture, they do speak a common language. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The 45-year-old from Tacoma worked on patient check-ins and data entry at the clinic, putting his Swahili to use as a translator. ‘We became like one huge family’: Seattle vaccination workers reunite for celebration barbecue 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z The Proud Boys shouted “Uhuru,” their battle cry, which means “freedom” in Swahili. He led the Proud Boys in the Capitol riot and shamed his town 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z If Swahili is to become truly pan-African it will take political will, an economic imperative and financial investment to reach all regions. Swahili's bid to become a language for all of Africa 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z She is currently finishing the first Swahili translation of his book, Paradise, set to come out early next year. Why Tanzanian Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah is hardly known back home 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z The Swahili peoples traded the gold and ivory of Africa for goods from India and China. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z During her speeches, some in the Swahili language that the two countries share, she delighted business leaders and MPs with anecdotes and quips. Tanzanian Samia Suluhu Hassan's five quotes which charmed Kenya 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Service makes a good case for supporting Swahili Village, too. 2021 Spring Dining Guide "If East Africa does more to promote the learning of Swahili in other regions we could get somewhere, but I don't foresee it as a lingua franca for the whole continent." Swahili's bid to become a language for all of Africa 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z A video posted this week showed them dressed in a mix of camouflage and black shirts and red scarves, and speaking Swahili and some Arabic. EXPLAINER: Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique? 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z "Even in Botswana he expected us to speak Swahili… We too have introduced Swahili in our curricula." John Magufuli: African leaders mourn former Tanzania president 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Tanzanians, especially those from Zanzibar like President Samia, tend to speak what is regarded as "pure" Swahili. Tanzanian Samia Suluhu Hassan's five quotes which charmed Kenya 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The music video is called “Chanjo,” which means “to vaccinate” in Swahili, she said. Boston St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast takes place virtually 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z And Swahili words and phrases, transmitted through the music of stars such as Tanzania's Diamond Platnumz, are now being more widely heard in Ghana, Ms Lankai says. Swahili's bid to become a language for all of Africa 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z As you walk around the charming old Swahili streets, you hear its lyrical sound all around you, along with the sight of dozens of tanned Italians. How Kenya's Malindi morphed into 'Little Italy' 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z He also said the Tanzanian president was a champion for African culture and traditions, especially the use of Swahili, East Africa's lingua franca, throughout the continent. John Magufuli: African leaders mourn former Tanzania president 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Kenyan Swahili on the other hand is more colloquial - regarded by some as sloppy and uncivilised, and is often the subject of amusement between the neighbours: Tanzanian Samia Suluhu Hassan's five quotes which charmed Kenya 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z In particular, she said, sukuma wiki, which in Swahili means “to stretch the week,” was a specialty she ate while she lived in East Africa for a while. Shanti: Food history and building a staff-first restaurant 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Despite the language's higher profile she remembers that her "friends and family were confused when they heard I was studying Swahili". Swahili's bid to become a language for all of Africa 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The secretary of the Tanzania Episcopal Conference, Father Charles Kitima, told BBC Swahili that the church had noticed a rise in funeral services in urban areas. Coronavirus in Tanzania: The country that's rejecting the vaccine 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Kenya's Swahili newspaper Taifa Leo carries the headline: "Trump leaves a shameful and damaged America", while a column in Nigeria's Premium Times describes Trump as "entitled, arrogant, callous and rude". Biden inauguration: Global media consider 'colossal challenge' 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z The singer performs in Swahili and English and is fond of experimenting with the Tanzanian genre Bongo Flava. Ten African music stars to look out for in 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z The zoo said the birth of Binti, which means daughter in Swahili, occurred in September. Detroit Zoo says it had birth of first lion in 40 years 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Swahili, which takes around 40% of its vocabulary directly from Arabic, was initially spread by Arab traders along East Africa's coast. Swahili's bid to become a language for all of Africa 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Every day on Twitter, Kigogo - a Swahili name that means a VIP or swashbuckling tycoon - doles out the latest gossip from Tanzania's corridors of power. Tanzania 'using Twitter's copyright policy to silence activists' 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z The district also uses translators: eight for Spanish, one for Nepali and one for Swahili, and created tutorial videos in those languages. Non-English speakers face challenges in virtual learning 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z The regulations have been around for years, but are now being fully enforced by the country's arts council, known by its Swahili acronym Basata, which often bans songs considered immoral or insulting. Tanzania elections: Why pop stars are hailing President Magufuli 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z If one person knows only English and a second person knows Yoruba, Swahili, French and English, the second person is forced to speak the monoglot’s language. Column: Joe Biden finds a way to handle a brat like Trump 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Most recently, Ethiopia's Addis Ababa University announced it would start teaching Swahili. Swahili's bid to become a language for all of Africa 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z His stance has certainly caught the attention of the young urban population, and he has told BBC News Swahili that if he were to win, in his first 100 days he would: Tanzania's Tundu Lissu: Surviving an assassination attempt to run for president 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z “I’m really worried for what my children are missing,” she said through a Swahili translator last week in her West Scranton apartment. Non-English speakers face challenges in virtual learning 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z He has threatened to withhold visa approvals for at least 76 foreign journalists at V.O.A., who were recruited to translate news into languages like Swahili and Mandarin, putting many at risk of deportation. Trump Says He Will Reverse Pentagon Plan to Close Newspaper That Informs and Speaks for Troops 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Chengangu speaks fluent Swahili, serviceable French and broken English, but he’s confident the message delivered in his third-best language got across. He fled Congo to work in a U.S. meat plant. Then he — and hundreds of his co-workers — got the coronavirus. 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z The protest is called “Saba Saba” - “seven seven” in Swahili - because of the date. Kenyan police fire teargas, arrest marchers protesting at brutality 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Our little group would meet regularly and eventually we gave ourselves a name, Uhuru-Wazobia, which means “approaching strength” in mixed Swahili and a blend of Nigerian languages. How the Pride March Made History 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Gumzo, which means “chatting” in Swahili, went live three weeks ago and now charges users $1 a week for hosting unlimited meetings, less than a third of the price of Zoom. Kenya video-conference platform elbows its way into crowded field 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z "When you become a celebrity, you become a bit arrogant, and in my arrogance I built my own band, the Air Fiesta Matata Band," he said in an interview in Swahili in January. The waiter who founded 'Africa's best band' 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z One of the most widely shared clips was a video in Swahili compiled by comedian Mtume Orroson showing him in conversation with the president - using old sound bites of Mr Kenyatta completely out of context. Why Kenyans are begging their president for freedom 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z He asked the ministry of education why it would allow students to be barred from speaking in Swahili, when it was a national language. How the 'king' of Swahili writing inspired me 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z China has pumped funds into state media outlets broadcasting in Swahili, Arabic, Spanish, and dozens of other languages. China’s diplomats show teeth in defending virus response 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z She referred to a recent tweet in Swahili from Tanzania’s chief government spokesperson that indicated the government has set up parallel systems for pregnant girls. Tanzania to ease education ban on pregnant girls – but not in classrooms 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z "I played mature music, not the music that is produced today and then tomorrow it's not on the market," he told BBC Swahili in 2015. The waiter who founded 'Africa's best band' 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Some of her students’ families speak Somali, Swahili or Spanish, so she asked colleagues who speak those languages to help. As School Moves Online, Many Students Stay Logged Out 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Prof Walibora was renowned for promoting Swahili, the national language he used in writing his books. How the 'king' of Swahili writing inspired me 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Impress your friends by using a few phrases from the other side of the world with this video featuring basic Swahili expressions. 50 life skills you can learn online — for free! — during self-quarantine 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Siri means a secret in Swahili and in Norse, a beautiful woman who leads you to victory. 5 terrific Siri tricks you’ll use time and again 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z The annual festival, named after the Swahili word for peace, is a rare time for such large numbers to come together in one place here. The music festival that celebrates life 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z The Baton Rouge Zoo announced the selection Friday, saying the public chose the winning name from three options: Romeo, Burreaux and Kiume, a Swahili word meaning masculine and strong. Baby giraffe named ‘Burreaux’ after LSU’s star quarterback 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Many Kenyans who read it in school have spoken about how the novel, a tale of triumph over adversity, helped them love Swahili literature - which is something Kenyans often find difficult to do. How the 'king' of Swahili writing inspired me 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z You may never go to Central and Eastern Africa but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t learn Swahili. 50 life skills you can learn online — for free! — during self-quarantine 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Kenyans began to refer to him officially as Mtukufu, which is the Swahili translation of "His Excellency" but which is normally a term used in reference to God. How Kenya used satire to tackle Moi's presidency 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z She was bright – she spoke Somali and Swahili, sometimes translating for the grown-ups – and popular, roaming the camp with up to 30 playmates of mixed ages and ethnicities. ‘We all deserve representation': hijab-wearing model Halima Aden on the power of fashion 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z On Kearin’s first day in the booth, he was given a pidgin version of Swahili and Cherokee, but that method continued to fail and the overall mood was one of dejection. A history of Simlish, the language that defined The Sims 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z In the book, Msanifu Kombo is a brilliant student of the Swahili language, at one point taking the prize for an essay he wrote for a school competition. How the 'king' of Swahili writing inspired me 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z In Cedar Rapids, Iowa’s demographics are on full display at St. Paul’s Methodist Church, which offers services in English, Swahili and Kirundi. The Graying of the American Economy Is On Display in Iowa 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z He still speaks Swahili, but often makes his way around town these days in boots and a cowboy hat. Why This Texas City Is Saying Yes to Refugees While the Governor Says No 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z But one approach backfired in Kenya in recent days when the agriculture minister asked people to post photos on social media of suspected locusts, or “nzige” in Swahili. Locust outbreak, most serious in 25 years, hits East Africa 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z He traded Swahili for English, led the high school soccer team to a state championship and became a mentor to Congolese boys who arrived after him. For decades, this city was a haven for refugees. Then residents tried to ban them 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Like Mswahili, I came to love Swahili in school, which inspired me to write a manuscript in Swahili of my own - which I have kept ever since. How the 'king' of Swahili writing inspired me 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Those names include options in Swahili and Afrikaans. Lansing zoo hosts contest to name rare black rhino calf 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Others, written in Swahili, reveal more disturbing messages. Why Kenyan women are writing on the streets 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z And children would jump in giddy excitement, waving and shouting "karibu" - "welcome" in Swahili. The great train safari from Tanzania to Zambia 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Those rare works included first editions of “Animal Farm” and “1984” in Icelandic, Ukrainian, Swahili, French, Urdu, German, Hungarian and Spanish. George Orwell New Mexico exhibit bares ‘doublespeak’ legacy 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Prof Austin Bukenya, one of the pioneering African scholars of English and literature in East Africa, from Uganda, argued that Prof Walibora was the "king" of Kenyan Swahili literature. How the 'king' of Swahili writing inspired me 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z The caption was in Swahili, and read: "We swapped roles for a day so that he could enjoy his birthday in peace." Comedian 'held' for face-swap post with president 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Kambale planned to greet his brother-in-law the same way he greets all Congolese refugees: by shouting “karibu,” the Swahili word for welcome. These Refugees Escaped Congo, but Trump’s Policies May Strand Loved Ones 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The language also changed with Swahili giving way to Bemba - and the landscape became drier and flatter. The great train safari from Tanzania to Zambia 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z To avoid distractions, she eschews personal touches in her workspace, but finds Swahili hip-hop music helps her to focus. Daily briefing: Google’s quantum-supremacy paper is here 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z I play high-energy dance music — including Bongo, or Swahili hip hop. The jet engineer 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z He understood the cultural language of Japan and loved to dance and perform Utenzi - a historic form of Swahili narrative poetry celebrating heroic deeds, Mr Webb adds. The mysterious life of an African samurai 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z “Open! Open! Open!” a man yelled in Swahili. The forgotten trauma of a forgotten war 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Someone proposed that the group name the droneport Mtego, because, he said, “I learned today that it means ‘net’ in Swahili. Jonathan Ledgard Believes Imagination Could Save the World 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The solo exhibition, entitled Work from the 60s to the Present, features Stevens’ portrait of Malcolm X alongside women with afros and Swahili phrases. 'The 60s were devastating' - AfriCOBRA's Nelson Stevens on art and activism 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z He also has some level of competency in Swahili, East Africa's main language, and in Kikongo, spoken in parts of southern and central Africa. Moving to Ghana 'to escape racism' 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The young people here are creative, there is a slang called Sheng, a mix of Swahili, English and our mother tongues. 'There’s a lot of weirdness in a slum': making a living in Kenya's anarchic mud city 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z From lyrics in English, Swahili, Pidgin English, Zulu, Xhosa and Yoruba, the project incorporates several genres from Afrobeats, pop, R&B, hip-hop, and the South African version of house music known as Gqom. Who gains most as Beyoncé champions African stars? 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Throughout large parts of Africa, Arabic, Swahili, French, and English are often known and used by individuals who speak a different, indigenous language in their home than they do in the marketplace. Can learning a foreign language prevent dementia? 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z “He loved the idea that ‘Uhuru’ became international enough that an African American was using a term in Swahili,” he recalls. 'The 60s were devastating' - AfriCOBRA's Nelson Stevens on art and activism 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z In Tanzania he said most people were unwilling to communicate in English, and they were "even told to learn Swahili at school". Trekking 10,000km across Africa for a football match 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Jordan speaks Lingala, Swahili, French and English, but, because she was not born in Rwanda, does not speak Kinyarwanda. After fleeing war and genocide, Rwandan women find each other in South King County 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Hahn learned African history and some Swahili, and the kids sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a civil rights ballad often called the Black National Anthem. School busing in Berkeley during Kamala Harris’ childhood was both voluntary and volatile 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z The Harambee Stars of Kenya is a Swahili word that means "pulling together". The 'animals' battling for Africa's football crown 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z I wanted to switch into our language, Swahili, but I knew I had to keep to English because there isn't a good-enough word for Down's syndrome in Swahili. 'There is no word for Down’s syndrome in my language' 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z The languages available are English and Swahili, both widely spoken in Tanzania. $10M XPRIZE for software that teaches illiterate to read 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z “Pole sana!” one mourner said in Swahili — I’m sorry for your loss. ‘My Heart Is on Fire’: Ethiopian Airlines Victims Embodied Kenya’s Ambitions 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Rafiki, which means "friend" in Swahili, traces a coming-of-age love story between two young women who meet and fall in love. Banned lesbian love story wins award 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z This is all part of the burgeoning secondhand clothing business, known as “mitumba” or literally “bundles” in Swahili, that brings used products from wealthier countries to Africa. Where did all those 90s rollerblades end up? Nairobi 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z She realised that the condition was so ignored in her country, Tanzania, that isn't even an adequate word in her language, Swahili. 'There is no word for Down’s syndrome in my language' 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Community meetings — referred to as “baraza” in Swahili, roughly analogous to American town halls — continue to be an important part of the social structure. Perspective | Pundits who decry ‘tribalism’ know nothing about real tribes 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z “They might have just said ‘pole,’” he said, using the Swahili word for sorry. ‘My Heart Is on Fire’: Ethiopian Airlines Victims Embodied Kenya’s Ambitions 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Some of its media material is produced in Swahili, clearly targeting audiences in Kenya, revealing its cross-border ambitions. Could Kenya have prevented the hotel siege? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z A few years ago, Glass wrote “Three Yoruba Songs” for Kidjo, using texts in her native Swahili. Review: Philip Glass takes David Bowie and the symphony to new places with a stupendous 'Lodger' 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z And I want to change my world too by proposing the introduction of a new Swahili term - "Traisomi ishirini na moja" it's a direct translation of trisomy 21 - that extra chromosome. 'There is no word for Down’s syndrome in my language' 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z She brought in a Swahili teacher and spent hours hunched over children’s books with a brown crayon, coloring in the faces and hair of the white characters. ‘I Love My Skin!’ Black Parents Turn to New York’s Afrocentric Schools 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z So might Disney now also trademark Simba, which is Swahili for "lion"? Africa in 2019: Beyoncé, Bashir and Big Brother 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z “Voting, it’s our right,” they chanted in Swahili while standing in line. Congo voters barred over Ebola vote anyway, by the thousands 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z “Voting, it’s our right,” they chanted in Swahili while standing in line. Congo elections voters barred over Ebola cast ballots anyway 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z “The decision to trademark ‘Hakuna Matata’ is predicated purely on greed and is an insult not only to the spirit of the Swahili people but also Africa as a whole,” it said. Hakuna Matata™? Can Disney Actually Trademark That? 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The expression means “no problem” in Swahili, which is spoken across east Africa and is a national language of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Colonialism accusations make 'hakuna matata' far from problem-free for Disney 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z He has a degree in business administration, holds a Ph.D in theology and speaks five languages: Swahili, Italian, Spanish, German and English. Three women accuse priest of attempted seduction 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Mr Mpala says he is not a Swahili speaker but he believes the trademark is merely the latest example of Africa being "exploited in some shape, fashion or form". Critics call Lion King trademark 'robbery' 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Another sign came when Lee’s dog Toto -- a Yorkie named for the Swahili word for "child" -- who normally doesn't like men, was different around Long. 'Perfect love' leads NY woman to open her apartment to homeless couple 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z When Mohamud entered school in the United States, she spoke Swahili. St. Cloud author, refugee hopes to inspire kids 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The Dallas-based company said Campbell spent three years in Kenya studying the language and history of the country and had written two books, including an “Anthology of Swahili.” Courier Journal reporter who couldn’t type was actually spy 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z But it was only when it was published in Swahili, the national language of Tanzania, on a website called nipasheonline.com that the story really started to gain momentum. A year in fake news in Africa 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Wright said while he was there, he was given a Swahili name by some of the locals that translated to hope. Seahawk K.J. Wright pledging $300 for every tackle to build water wells in Kenya 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z They spoke softly among themselves in a click language—a linguistic isolate, unrelated to any living languages—although some of the men had learned enough Swahili to interact with the outside world. Hunting in Tanzania the Way Our Earliest Ancestors Did 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Instead, according to the Pentagon, the top languages spoken by recruits brought in through the program are Korean, Chinese Mandarin, Nepalese, Hindi, Swahili, Tagalog, French, Yoruba, Russian and Portuguese Brazilian. APNewsBreak: Pentagon’s immigrant recruit program stymied 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z The staff quickly reprinted signs in Swahili for them. For farmworkers and homeless, Florence has been especially harsh 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Tanzania's official government spokesperson condemned the story on Twitter in Swahili, saying the president never uttered such remarks and people should ignore them. A year in fake news in Africa 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z The researchers took care translating the questionnaire into Swahili to be sure it was clear, he said. Global DNA Collection Kicks Off in Africa, Aiming to Decode Psychiatric Disease 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The symbolic sails at both ends of this show refer to the origin of the word “Swahili,” which derives from the Arabic word for “coast.” Intriguing and unexpected art shows you should see this summer 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z While the Rwandan apparel industry has barely grown, the country’s used-clothing business — known as “chagua,” from the Swahili word “choose” — has taken a hit from the new tariffs. African nations are fed up with the West’s hand-me-downs. But it’s tough to keep them out. 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z That’s now a good rugby story, of the kind told in bars the world over in English, Spanish, Serbo-Croat and Swahili, with gathering pace as a World Cup in Japan approaches. HR McMaster on rugby: 'The warrior ethos is what a good team has' 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Mariam, a clothes buyer in Kigali, told the BBC's Swahili service that the only thing you can find in clothes markets today is "Chinese clothes and they are very expensive". How the US and Rwanda have fallen out over second-hand clothes 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z "He wanted to sleep some more and didn't wake up," Munka translates from Swahili. Farmers, tourists, and cattle threaten to wipe out some of the world’s last hunter-gatherers 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The film Rafiki, which means "friend" in Swahili, traces the love story between two young women. Lesbian film banned ahead of Cannes debut 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z “Beautiful”, he shouts in Swahili, as a great white shark tears apart a flailing fisherman on-screen. The DJs in Kenyan cinemas who tell you what is happening on-screen 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The zoo says her name means “sunshine” in Swahili. Louisville Zoo welcomes new female giraffe 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z These languages — including Afrikaans, Danish, Filipino, Hebrew, Icelandic, Mongolian, Serbian, Slovak, Swahili, Turkish, and Vietnamese, to name a few — are spoken by around 1.25 billion people. Google Maps is now available in 39 new languages 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Most Hadza now go to school for a few years, speak Swahili in addition to their own click language, and wear donated Western clothes. Farmers, tourists, and cattle threaten to wipe out some of the world’s last hunter-gatherers 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Migrants, almost all of them men, many of them from sub-Saharan Africa, chat with each other in a mixture of Arabic, Swahili, English, French and Italian. Belgian citizens shelter 500 migrants each night. Police could soon start raiding their homes. 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z The DJ’s job is not just to translate English into Swahili. The DJs in Kenyan cinemas who tell you what is happening on-screen 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z For example, the app is currently being designed in English and Swahili, with both text and voice features. Protecting Cassava from Disease? There's an App for That 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z It flies decrepit planes that sometimes bear the marks of their many previous lives: exit signs in Swahili; emergency instructions in Russian. Siege at Kabul Hotel Caps a Violent 24 Hours in Afghanistan 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Understanding the importance of languages in a globalized world, many Kenyans speak English, Swahili and a tribal language, and polyglots are common throughout Africa. What we can learn from the countries the president derides 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Seventy percent of the requests they get are for Spanish services, but they also work in Arabic, Mandarin, Ukrainian, Russian and Swahili. Growing international community ups demand for interpreters 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z An editor at a Kenyan paper says there is a direct translation for Trump’s term in Swahili, but they didn’t use it. World media struggle to translate Trump’s Africa insult 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Abels wrote a choral piece with such phrases as “Listen to the ancestors” and “Save yourself” that are sung, chanted and whispered — all in Swahili. Jordan Peele used unknown composer Michael Abels for 'Get Out' — and got a thumbs up from Steven Spielberg 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The baby gorilla’s name means governor in Swahili. Toledo Zoo welcomes baby gorilla 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Some Kisumu protesters have chanted, “Kisumu si Kenya,” which means “Kisumu is not Kenya” in Swahili. After Kenya vote drama, secessionist talk enters mainstream 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Kura Yangu Sauti Yangu, Swahili for My Vote My Voice, a coalition of rights groups and civil society activist filed the petition late Monday to beat the midnight deadline to challenge the election. Petitions filed in Kenya against Kenyatta win in repeat poll 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z In the eyes of the community the children of peacekeepers are “muzungus,” a Swahili word used to describe white people. UN peacekeepers in Congo hold record for rape, sex abuse 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z She’s looking for an instructor who speaks Swahili to assist students from East and Central Africa. Denver high school is a melting pot of 62 countries 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z And even though their fathers have not claimed paternity or helped at all financially, in the eyes of the community they too are muzungus — a Swahili word used to describe white people. UN mission in Congo forces reckoning over sex abuse scandal 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Kenyans have long complained that getting any official business done requires a “kitu kidogo”, Swahili for “a little something” or bribe, a frustration that is echoed across Africa. Vote ruling by chief justice surprises Kenyans, but not his colleagues 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z New mother Pauline Chemanang called the circumstances of the birth a "blessing" and called her baby Kura, Swahili for "ballot", according to local radio. Kenya election 2017: Odinga disputes 'fake' results - BBC News 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z The announcements will be in both English and the local Swahili language. Facebook offers tool to combat fake news in Kenya ahead of polls 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Fortunately for him, he started speaking Swahili, a language common among soldiers, and they eventually let him go. ‘I’m a Civilian. I’m Innocent’: Who’s in Congo’s Mass Graves? 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Iduma, a skilled photographer who speaks Swahili, arrived in the United States unable to say even “hello” in English. The cost of success: Seattle’s boom has been a bust for some 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Kenyans have long complained that getting any official business done requires a “kitu kidogo”, Swahili for “a little something” or bribe, a frustration that is echoed across Africa. Vote ruling by chief justice surprises Kenyans, but not his colleagues 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z The children, who spoke mostly Swahili, enrolled in school, where they studied English. A Refugee Family Arrives in Arkansas, Before the Door Shuts 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The announcements will be in both English and the local Swahili language. Facebook offers tool to combat fake news in Kenya ahead of polls 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Regulars at the house wore dashikis and spoke Swahili. The Newark race riots 50 years on: is the city in danger of repeating the past? 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z For Mr. Herrmann, a Kansas native, it is a welcome challenge to explain American democracy in a mixture of Swahili and English, using analogies to his host village’s relationships with neighboring tribes. Questions on Trump? Peace Corps Volunteers Change the Topic 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z At 16, Pendo hopes to become a teacher of Swahili, English and math. New limbs for growing bodies: Mutilated albinos get refitted 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z One of the recipients of its CEO award this year was a refugee who enrolled in ninth grade speaking only Swahili. DeVos-funded charter academy reflects tensions in national school-choice movement 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z One of the recipients of its C.E.O. award this year was a refugee who enrolled in ninth grade speaking only Swahili. Charter School Founded by DeVos Family Reflects National Tensions 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z He speaks Pashto, Dari and Persian, while his friends speak French, Swahili and Kinyarwanda. Houston has become the most diverse place in America. Deal with it, Texas 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Zoo owner Jordan Patch, announcing the name on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday, said the Swahili word was chosen for its forward-looking meaning when translated into English. N.Y. zoo names giraffe calf Tajiri for 'hope' but means 'rich' 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z That means “beloved” or “precious one” in Swahili. Giraffe born at Toledo zoo won’t go on exhibit for a while 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Professors and instructors teach a wide variety of different languages, from Chinese to Modern Greek, Swahili to Spanish. Summer courses open new doors to learning | Provided By UW Summer Quarter 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z He did not submit a plea because he does not understand English or Swahili, the languages used in court. Tristan Voorspuy killing: Suspect arrested in Kenya - BBC News 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Its bench hums with Spanish, Kinyarwanda, Swahili and often English. Houston has become the most diverse place in America. Deal with it, Texas 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z "Tajiri is a word in Swahili that means hope," Patch said, as he fed carrots to April while Tajiri looked on. N.Y. zoo names giraffe calf Tajiri for 'hope' but means 'rich' 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Situated off the coast of Tanzania, the island of Zanzibar features many examples of Swahili architecture. In pictures: Saving Zanzibar’s heritage - BBC News 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z One evening in 1979 Teddy Kalanda Harrison, a young Kenyan musician, overheard a group of tourists trying to learn a few words in Swahili. Kenya’s catchy pop hit that took the world by storm - BBC News 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Bigirimana spoke for a few moments in Swahili and introduced Daniels. When an evangelical pastor welcomed refugees, it transformed his Texas church 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z In that video, the guide says in Swahili that the tourist wants Tanzanians to stop "complaining" about hunger when she, in fact, says Tanzanians are "fabulously wonderful". Tanzanian guide defends 'translation joke' of tourist's remark - BBC News 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z In a widely circulated video clip, the guide says in Swahili that the tourist wants Tanzanians to "stop complaining" about hunger. Tanzanian arrested for 'fake translation' of tourist comments - BBC News 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z The expression to "shed crocodile tears" exists in 45 European languages as well as Arabic, Swahili, Persian, Indian languages, Chinese and Mongolian. 10 things we didn't know last week - BBC News 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z “At the beginning, it was very strange, because there I am using Swahili terms to young people,” Mr. Sharpton said. New York Today: An African Harvest Holiday 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z In Swahili, the word means “all pull together.” As striking Kenyan doctors dig in, patients are forgotten and a baby dies 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z "I cannot tolerate any bad talk against my country. Whoever downloaded the video from my Facebook account then shared it on WhatsApp groups did not do the right thing," he said in Swahili. Tanzanian guide defends 'translation joke' of tourist's remark - BBC News 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z It was picked by voters from among four other Swahili names. Rare black rhino born last year gets name 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z The organizers, Belgian flight safari company Prepare2go, said the only obligatory equipment for the journey was a sleeping bag, full black tie dress for meeting dignitaries along the way and a beginners’ guide to Swahili. Vintage plane rally along Africa's length comes to an end 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Mother and son still talk on the phone daily, always in their native Swahili. Handwalla Bwana could be the next Seattle soccer star. But first he must conquer his American Dream 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The exhibition is titled “World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean.” U of Illinois museum preparing exhibition of Swahili art 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z “Her name means astounding woman,” Charles said of Cash’s given name, Swintayla, from Swahili. Swin Cash Leaving Her Mark on Liberty in Her Last W.N.B.A. Season 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Have a look at some linguistic curiosities in Malta, where about a third of the words are derived from Arabic, and Kenya, where understated humor comes through in Swahili and English euphemisms. Nice, Donald Trump, ‘Ghostbusters’: Your Friday Briefing 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z "The time that I realised how brilliant this show is was when I went to Kenya and saw that they still play it on Kenyan television and it's dubbed in Swahili." BBC comedy classics go on display - BBC News 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z The elephants are grouped in families named after spices, flowers, weather formations, artists, poets, first ladies, Swahili names and more. Female Elephants Follow in Their Mothers’ Footsteps 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z They will sing a whole collection of songs, some of which will be in other languages including Israeli, Spanish and Swahili. Manitowoc teen to sing at Carnegie Hall 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z In Kenya, a country where most educated people speak three languages—English, Swahili and one of around 40 tribal languages—it is a question people are grappling with. Heating up 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z A savvy mix of catchy tunes, appealing looks and social media promotion has brought success to Sauti Sol, Swahili for voices in the sun. Kenyan band takes Afro-pop music worldwide 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The country's 22 ethnic groups speak a common language, Malagasy, which borrows from Malaysian, Indonesian, Swahili, Arabic, French and English - reflecting a rich cultural heritage from Southeast Asia to the Middle East. Factbox: Forget lemurs - Eight things you didn't know about Madagascar 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Conversing in Swahili, a language Cottar has spoken since childhood, Kinyaika says he’s certain a rhino is nearby. Great Explorations in Kenya 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Listen closely and in the rhythms and instruments featured, you will hear the Afrobian flava in the track - not surprising given the Arabic legacy found in the musical heritage of the Swahili coast. DJ Rita Ray’s African tracks: Fusing sounds across the Sahara - BBC News 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z If asked a question by someone else in the matatu he would try to mutter something in Swahili, he told me, even though this was a language he still barely spoke. Love’s runaways: the gay Ugandans forced into exile | Mark Gevisser 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z But another game was a quiz, matching a list of Swahili words to their English counterpart - diaper, labor pains, doctor. Refugee mentors fill family roles 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z “But ‘Dark Souls’ also gives you a Swahili dictionary,” she says, continuing the metaphor. Videogames So Tough They Teach You to Win in Real Life 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z She was one of the first Chinese students to graduate in Swahili and worked as a translator for Tazara, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway project that China was helping to fund and build. Who is the 'Ivory Queen'? - BBC News 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z At the parish’s St. Andrew the Apostle Mission church, monthly Masses now are offered for Kenyan worshippers in Swahili. Treasured painting endures for Worcester’s French Catholics 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z Brightly painted in blues and yellows, with exclamatory Swahili slogans on the walls, it consisted of a series of open thatched pavilions set around a huge swimming pool. Love’s runaways: the gay Ugandans forced into exile | Mark Gevisser 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z After many songs, the pastors came forward and preached in four languages: English, Swahili, French and Kirundi, the official language of Burundi. Refugee mentors fill family roles 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Another player compares the game to confronting a field of land mines, finding a manual to disarm them, then learning that the manual is in Swahili. Videogames So Tough They Teach You to Win in Real Life 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z When Sarah slowly approached a girl holding a snake near the entrance, her mother called her back in Swahili. Refugees struggle to adapt to Idaho life 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z To create a familial bond, students address the faculty and staff as “Mama” and “Baba,” meaning mother and father in Swahili. Poor Scores Leave an Afrocentric School in Chicago Vulnerable 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z “Afterwards I asked him in Swahili: ‘When you went to hospital and were diagnosed negative, how did you feel?’ The rats who sniff out tuberculosis 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Sarah and Daniel didn’t want to go, though their mother told them in Swahili to go downstairs. Refugee mentors fill family roles 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z "My social worker was his social worker, and they used him to translate Swahili." Spared by the hitmen with principles - BBC News 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Mulabwe nodded to show he understood, as he talked to his wife in Swahili. Refugees struggle to adapt to Idaho life 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Her new name represents a rejection of what she was called in the collective, Prem Maopinduzi, meaning “love revolution” in Hindi and Swahili. Maoist cult leader jailed for 23 years as 'slave' daughter goes public 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z If I were going to Malawi and I didn’t know Swahili, and I didn’t know anything, how helpful would it be if someone there welcomed me? Refugees start over in community divided on refugees 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z “Jambo!” the Kenyan civil aviation authority said in a message on Sunday, using the Swahili word for hello. French Airliner Makes Emergency Landing in Kenya After Suspicious Device Is Reported 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z “Everybody took off into the forest,” Isingoma said through a Swahili interpreter. 4 Congolese refugees find new home in Bismarck 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Hospital orderlies beat him with clubs and leather straps, bound his hands with rope for up to eight hours a day, and referred to him as mwenda wazimu, a Swahili term that means “demon-possessed.” The Rights of Refugees Who Do Wrong 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Schoolgirls sang and danced in the pews, and the crowd cheered when the pontiff closed his speech with a few words of Swahili. Pope Criticizes ‘New Colonialism’ During Slum Visit 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z “It’s a sad experience because you are not even thinking of grabbing anything,” Mulabwe said in Swahili as Mary Lupumba interpreted. Refugees start over in community divided on refugees 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z The pope finished his message with a Swahili touch. Pope, in Kenya, Calls for Compassion for Poor and Nurturing of Youth 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z As the pope touched down in Nairobi, he was greeted by throngs of Kenyans waving, dancing and singing “Karibu Kenya, Papa,” or “Welcome to Kenya, Pope” in Swahili. Pope Francis starts Africa trip with visit to Nairobi 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z At strategic corners, Swahili men in white robes and embroidered kofia caps play dominoes under swaying lanterns. Welcome to Lamu: Africa’s Most Captivating Artists’ Retreat 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z In order to do so, the researchers implemented a multifaceted farming intervention, entitled Shamba Maisha, which means “Farm Life” in Swahili. In Kenya, Improving Food Security and HIV Outcomes through Farming 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z She was at the airport to greet them Nov. 16, armed with the Swahili words for “welcome to America,” a fruitcake wrapped in plastic and pictures that her four children drew for the family. Refugees start over in community divided on refugees 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z The school works with colleges and schools across the country to encourage language programs in areas of critical need, such as Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Persian, Farsi, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, Korean. The NSA school: How the intelligence community gets smarter, secretly 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z He finished high school with two Illinois state titles and earned a scholarship to the University of Illinois, where he studied aviation and Swahili. David Walters, 60, Runs to Beat Father Time, if Not His Own Time 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z There two Swahili boatmen, Captain Hassan and Titus, escorted me to a nearby dhow, a traditional Arab sailing vessel crafted from wood and favored in myth by the likes of Sinbad the Sailor. Welcome to Lamu: Africa’s Most Captivating Artists’ Retreat 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The choristers will sing rhythms, melodies and languages from every corner of the globe, including Japanese ballads, passionate songs in Swahili and Portuguese, and others. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Last week, he told the BBC Swahili service that he will "go back to his village to rear his cattle" if he loses. Tanzania election: CCM faces strong challenge from Ukawa - BBC News 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Her interest in trees was piqued by a magazine, Kacheche, which is Swahili for pied wagtail, a bird traditionally thought of as bearing good news. Meet the First Female Rangers to Guard One of the World's Deadliest Parks 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z He left Winchester College in 1944 and joined the Army, serving as a signals officer in Kenya where he learned Swahili and lectured the locals on the perils of communism. Obituary: Geoffrey Howe - BBC News 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z She was a translator back then, one of her country’s first trained Swahili speakers. Prosecutors say this 66-year-old Chinese woman is one of Africa’s most notorious smugglers 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The Times of Oman explains that Omani employers prefer Tanzanian domestic workers because Swahili is widely spoken in Oman. Tanzania bans Middle East job agencies over trafficking fears - BBC News 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z After the giraffe's birth, the zoo held a naming contest that settled on Kipenzi, which translates to "loved one" in Swahili. Dallas Zoo's baby giraffe dies in habitat accident 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z At the Chicken Inn in downtown Nairobi, people watched on a television as Obama greeted the audience in Swahili. In Kenya, Obama urges reforms even as he emphasizes personal connection 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z At one point, a group of men burst into laughter, shouting in Swahili, as Mr. Obama talked about corruption. Calling Obama ‘Our Son,’ Kenyans Nod Knowingly at His Critique 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Obama tried to show that with a few words of Swahili. Obama Delivers Tough-Love Message to End Kenya Trip 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z For instance, even though all three countries share English as a common language, we found that contestants singing in Swahili, Luganda, or even a tribal language did very well. East Africa's American Idol Is Better 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z According to an online video posted by the Kenyan broadcaster KTN, Ruto told a Nairobi church congregation in Swahili, “The Republic of Kenya is a republic that worships God. We have no room for gays.” On Kerry’s visit to Kenya, U.S. pledges extra $45 million to help with refugees 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z What3words is currently working on versions in Italian, Greek, Arabic and Swahili. Giving everyone in the world an address - BBC News 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z And the Dallas Zoo’s newest giraffe addition’s name is … Kipenzi, which is Swahili for loved one. Baby Giraffe Born at Dallas Zoo Now Has a Name 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z According to his Interpol profile, he spoke Swahili, Dutch, Arabic and six other languages in addition to Urdu. American hostage devoted his life to helping the world’s poorest people 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The name is a shortened version of the Swahili word for prosperity – something Muthomi hopes to fuel for farmers, customers, and investors. Manna From Kenya: Gluten-free, Wheat-free, Low GI Flour 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The roster contains a myriad of interpreters specializing in languages from Spanish, Italian and French to Swahili, Punjabi and Bengali, Haitian-Creole and Hindi, along with American Sign Language and a host of others. When justice talks: Translating services in demand in courts 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z Playing with kids, they spoke Swahili, she spoke English. Transcript: Read Full Text of Ted Cruz's Campaign Launch 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z So although you raise an interesting issue, this article might as well be written in Swahili or Russian - no one in her district will read it or hear of it. ‘Food Is a Death Sentence to These Kids’ 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The Pesa part of the name is Swahili for money and the M is simply for mobile. What the Gates Foundation Has Achieved, 15 Years On 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Netflix is hoping that it will define Internet TV in Swahili, Spanish, Vietnamese, Filipino and dozens more languages within just two years. Netflix Accelerates Ambitious Global Expansion as U.S. Growth Slows 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z English and Swahili are the official languages of Kenya, and Nairobi has several excellent universities that produce sharp graduates. The Do-Good Startups of Nairobi 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z The then 10-year-old learned Swahili and took time to be part of the country’s culture. West Michigan schools offer dual language program 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Uwingu, pronounced “oo-wing-goo” which means “sky” in Swahili, is a privately owned company that raises money to fund space research and educational outreach projects. Earthlings to send 90,000 hellos to Mars 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z "Oh God please help me, please stop," the woman begs in Swahili. Stripping videos outrage Kenyans 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z She says members of the primate staff cared for Kabibe, whose name means “little lady” in Swahili, around the clock for months after she developed eating problems as an infant. Gorilla at San Francisco Zoo killed in accident 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z |
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