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 ...

Swahili Nation were pioneers of the art of adopting the Swahili language in R&B and hip-hop. The group split later in the mid-2000s. Swahili Nation, a popular East African music group whose songs ...

The Timeless Rhythm of the Sea In the warm waters surrounding Kilwa Kisiwani, a small island along Tanzania's southern coast, ...

From there, I just kept building up.The slow, soulful element in my music is deeply influenced by the Coast. Before my father retired, he was transferred to Lamu and that’s where I was first exposed ...

Shanka Tribe’s UMOJA EP blends tribal rhythms, world music, and electronic sounds into a powerful expression of unity and ...

A years-old Disney trademark on the use of the phrase "Hakuna Matata" on T-shirts has stirred up a new debate among Swahili speakers about cultural appropriation. The words mean "no worries" in ...

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 ...

Swahili is the national language of Tanzania, which is home to 59.7 million people. There are over a hundred languages spoken in Tanzania, but Swahili is spoken by 90% of the nation and is what unites ...

We assembled a team of scholars, musicologists and Disney experts to break down the meaning of the famous song lyric used in ‘The Lion King’. It means “no worries”. via GIPHY OK, OK, *puts on serious ...

Tom Mboya Olali does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...