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Every language has a word for water. In Swahili they call it maji . InDutchDanish, it's vand . The Japanese say mizu . Even though these words describe the most common and plentiful life-giving substance on Earth, they have nothing in common ...

The little 'Little Granny' of Zanzibar, renowned for popularising taarab, the Arab-Swahili music form, passed away on April 17. She was a cultural icon for all East African from the island of Zanzibar. An earlier profile in the music producing site, ...

There is a notion by a section of scholars that Journalism may be in one way or another graveyard for Literature. They argue that joining Journalism by a literary scholar would kill one's career. Geoffrey Mungou, however, is proving the proponents ...

Not rated; nudity, explicit sexual scenes and drug use Language: German, Swahili and English, with English subtitles With: Margarethe Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux The opening sequence of Paradise: Love doesn't really have anything to do with ...

Reigning Miss World Kenya, Shamim Nabil, is looking for a job as a Swahili news anchor. The 20-year-old model has taken an interest in the silver screen and is determined to get a screen test in as many TV stations as possible. She told Word is, I ...

TeachAIDS Students at the Shirimatunda Primary School in Tanzania use a Swahili version of an online course about AIDS created by a company called TeachAIDS. By Anya Kamenetz, The Hechinger Report Asia Jackson likes to learn at the computer ...

Thought to be more than 100 years old, she was a legendary performer of Taarab, a style of Swahili Arab-influenced music. In 2005, she was awarded a prize for her contribution to world music at Womex, the annual gathering of the world music ...

Wananchi Group-owned African pay TV broadcaster Zuku has lauched a dedicated Swahili movie channel. Zuku Swahili Movies joins a bouquet of 2010-launched Zuku branded channels, which includes general entertainment net Zuku Afrika, documentary and ...

INTERVIEW. Tanzania will in October launch a Swahili International Tourism Exhibition to promote the Swahili culture. BusinessWeek Reporter, Veneranda Sumila, interviewed Tanzania Tourist Board managing director Aloyce Nzuki about the event. What is ...