Tag: kiswahili
UN Celebrates Kiswahili
Last month, the United Nations celebrated the third annual World Kiswahili Day with events worldwide and a speech by UNESCO director-general Audrey Azoulay, who...
Swahili to Be Taught in Malawi’s Schools
President of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the country’s education sector to immediately introduce the Swahili language to school curriculums, aiming to ease business...
Malawi’s President orders Swahili to be taught in schools
President of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the country’s education sector to immediately introduce the Swahili language to school curriculums, aiming to ease business...
Uganda Considers Making Students Study Kiswahili and French
Politicians in Uganda are currently debating whether or not to make Kiswahili and French compulsory subjects in the country’s school system. As two of...
Tanzania Courts Kiswahili
For a century now, Tanzania’s courts have been operating in both English and Kiswahili (Swahili)—that’s set to change soon, however, after the country announced...
Tanzania Drops English for Kiswahili
Since Tanzania's independence from Britain in 1961, public education has been bilingual, beginning with Kiswahili - known as Swahili in the West - in...
