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

Swahili Beach Resort, an iconic luxury destination on the Kenyan coast, has been honored as Africa’s Leading Beach Resort at the 2024 Africa Gala Ceremony of the World Travel Awards. The prestigious ...

ADDITION: CLARIFIES DATE - Riot police scatter protesters with water cannons during demonstrations to mark the historic 1990 Saba Saba (a Swahili word that means seven seven) protests for democratic ...

Protests against Kenyan President William Ruto have sparked a new wave of music, poetry and art. That's energizing the young Kenyans leading the protests, even as human rights groups say many of the ...

Kenya and the United States must continue to work together—on national security, on healthcare, and above all on the international trade that can help us both prosper.

My generation was not taught Kiswahili, it was not an examinable subject. But circumstances forced us to learn it. We had to communicate with all socio- economic classes. That is the purpose of a ...

In Lamu, the China story is not confined to museum shelves. It lives in the hands of ordinary people. In Siyu, one of the ...

This essay integrates ethnographic data collected between Mombasa and the Lamu archipelago in Kenya into the growing body of scholarship on Swahili music and dance (ngoma) traditions. The analysis ...