It’s hard to imagine what the Africans of Zanzibar made of the Persians when they arrived in the 10th century, sailing in on dhow boats that looked like winged angels of the sea. They were merchants, ...

It’s been eighteen years since Jab We Met first graced our screens, yet the memory of Geet, played by Kareena Kapoor, remains as vivid as ever. Cheerful, bold, and unapologetically herself, Geet was ...

The celebration of Chhath Puja is incomplete without the divine resonance of Chhath Geet, songs that hold the very essence of the festival. These traditional folk melodies, sung with deep devotion, ...

Chhath Puja wouldn’t be complete without the soulful Chhath Geet, which adds a significant melody and devotion to the occasion. These folk songs are sung to honour Surya Dev (the Sun God) and Chhathi ...

Somalia will begin preparations to boost teaching of the Swahili language in schools and universities, its president says. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made the announcement on Tuesday at an East ...

English is the main language of instruction at senior schools in Somalia Somalia is to introduce Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa, to its national curriculum, the president has announced.

Somalia is to introduce Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa, to its national curriculum, the president has announced. English is used as the language of instruction for most subjects nationwide ...

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Not every journey to stardom begins in Mumbai. For Anjala Zaveri, it started in Hampshire, England, where she grew up in a conservative Gujarati family. But her heart was somewhere else, dancing with ...

Siku ya kiswahili duniani, ambayo imekuwa ikiadhimishwa tangu mwaka 2022. Maadhimisho ya mwaka huu imefanyika jijini Kigali nchini Rwanda, ambako mamia ya wataalam na wapenzi wa Kiswahili wamekutana ...

While there are an estimated 7,000 languages and dialects in the world—of which African languages account for one-third—only 10 dominate the internet ecosystem. Less than 2% of Africa’s estimated 2000 ...

Geet Chaturvedi’s novel Simsim (2023), translated from Hindi by Anita Gopalan, introduced his richly evocative style to English readers. The Master of Unfinished Things, his recent collection of ...