July 7 has so much significance for Swahili and Swahili speakers. Besides the Saba Saba civil disobedience proposed by the opposition, the name itself is a Swahili phrase to mean the seventh day of ...

Although Rwandan artistes have long embraced Kiswahili in their music, the trend is now taking a new turn—sweeping across the gospel scene in Rwanda. Today, several top gospel singers in the country ...

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 ...