East Africa: Kiswahili Is a Language That Speaks to Both Past and Present

With over 200 million speakers, it is one of the most widely used African languages, encompassing more than a dozen main dialects.

This first celebration of the World Kiswahili language day is being held under the theme ‘Kiswahili for peace and prosperity’. The mission of the annual celebration is to promote the use of Kiswahili language as a beacon for unity, peace, and enhanced multiculturalism.

We consider this as Tanzania’s gift to the world,” said Professor Kennedy Gastorn, Tanzanian’s…