#Swahili

#Hiistoriya

hiistoriya

Do you know how people counted in Swahili before Arabic numbers were introduced into the language? (Thread) Before the introduction of Arabic words, numbers like six, seven and nine had

Babelos

Babelos

As a business owner who is looking to expand beyond international boundaries, if you are new to the world of translation and other language services, you will come across a

Ibna Mattuta

swahiligal

Nitajirudia: Swahili was NOT born out of contact between the meeting of Arabs and Africans it existed before under different names. Those who of us speak some of the early

isaac Samuel

rhaplord

european travellers often mentioning something along the lines of "never witnessed such order and real elegance in Africa" abt almost every major african kingdomwas more about their preconceptions of the

#BoycottNickMutuma

bintiM

Guise, can we stop this thing of “has made women believe” when it’s actually a structure that rewards and discriminates based on participation. Women are punished structurally for not getting

Luke Pepera

LukePepera

Africa's Forgotten Slave Trade I hope that the stories I've told so far have revealed some of the richness and diversity of Africa's past. As we well know, there is

Ann Marie Lastrassi stan

naledimashishi

Afrikaans is an African language. It’s a creole language created by indigenous and enslaved people in the Western Cape and was only adopted by white people much, much later. Saying

GEO Ramage

Steven_Ramage

Isn’t language amazing? One of my favourite words to say in Spanish is aproximadamente. I love the flow and how it is broken up. Yet most Spanish speakers probably think

PPEH

PPEHLab

Huge THANKS to the many translators who helped us make #myclimatestory a multilingual project! We are now accepting stories in Arabic, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Swahili,

Collective for Black Iranians

BlackIranians

The migration of Iranians [Shirazis] to East Africa (1)۰۰The expanse between Iran and the eastern coast of Africa seems much bigger to us today than it did a few centuries

Nancy Kacungira

kacungira

Will Covid-19 teach East Africa’s tourism industry to pay attention to domestic tourists? Luxury hotels are now rethinking their (US dollar) prices and advertising cheaper staycation packages. The owner of

Kelvin Odanz

MrOdanz

Nigerians feel they're the only country in Africa that listen to music and anyone they don't rate is cancelled. Perfectly explains our shock when Angelique Kidjo won the Grammy over

Kennedy @ Warp!

thatmikeychick

I got time, sooo... (Thread)https://twitter.com/StanfieldKevin/status/1315732194124615682 1)Trek has provided visibility for marginalized peoples for over 50yrs wtf are you even talking about. There are dozens of eps and a whole film

Frank J. Minja MD

frankminja

Just did a quick consult on @bbcswahili on herbal remedies for #COVID19TZA. Will re-post here in English and SwahiliHerbal remedies can indeed help with symptomatic relief, that is not the

T. R. Okuna

XivTroy

What do you wake up to? Because I wake up to whistling trees. And a beautiful sunrise. I wake up to a blue sky: Omnipresent & majestic. I wake up

isaac Samuel

rhaplord

Mega thread for manuscripts, inscriptions, documents and other pieces of writing from africa (ex-north)The oldest from WestAfrica come from cities associated with ancient ghana b'tn 950-1150AD-plaques from its capital kumbi