An Esquire writer wrote in 2002: “Herewith, I will attest, to behold Johnny Carson speak Swahili is a remarkable thing. He has regaled me with dizzying waves of it and clearly swells with glee while ...

Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally recognised language. It is peer to the few languages of the world that boast over ...

“Jambo” may mean hello in Swahili, but a slave brought to the United States would not have recognized that greeting. There may not have been a single Swahili-speaking African brought to these shores ...

More than a year after a stranger smashed a glass in her face for speaking Swahili at a Minnesota Applebee’s restaurant, Asma Jama forgave her attacker and urged her to “choose love over hate.” “My ...

Asma Jama's face still bears the scars from the attack that took place in October 2015. It happened at an Applebee's restaurant in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. She was having dinner with her family and ...

What: St. Ann's Catholic Church offers Mass in the Swahili language. When: 11 a.m. every first Sunday of every month. Where: 2116 E. First Ave., Spokane. Immigrants can have difficulties with language ...

Pepper talks to a group of museum visitors on the lower level of the National Museum of African Art. Michelle Edwards / National Museum of African Art How do you get a robot to speak Swahili? That’s ...

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 ...

ANOKA, Minn.-Asma Jama was at an Applebee's restaurant in Coon Rapids with friends and children last fall when another patron suddenly attacked her. She was hit in the face with a glass beer mug. Her ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling for hate crime charges to be filed after one woman allegedly attacked another who was speaking Swahili in a ...

Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally-recognised language. It is peer to the few languages of the world that boast over ...