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THE SWAHILI PEO­PLE

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The Swahili are a mixed group of peo­ple speak­ing closely re­lated forms of Bantu speech, liv­ing on is­lands and coastal ar­eas of East Africa from Brava (Baraawe), So­ma­lia, to Kilwa, Mozam­bique and the Co­moro Is­lands.  Not all the di­alects are mu­tu­ally in­tel­li­gib... More »

U at­apo haki yako

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Namba nawe mlimwengu, pu­likidha matamko Nikweledhe neno langu, ud­hin­duwe bongo lako Nayo nda Mungu si yangu, na ayani haya yako Uat­apo haki yako, utaingiya mo­choni 2 Simama uchechee, usivikhofu vichuko Aliyo nayo mwendee, akupe kili­cho chako Akipinga mle­mee, m... More »

Ba­juni tra­di­tional dance KIRUMBIZI (Stick dance)

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Kirm­bizi wuxuu ka mid ya­hay ciyaaraha hid­daha iyo dhaqanka ba­ju­uneed . Ciyaar­taan waxa ciyaara ragga o keli ah wax­aana la adeegsada musik ahaan gur­baan iyo saxan o mar ah o la yi­raahdo UTASA. Ragga ciyaaraaya waxay ji­laayaan sida dad isku­tu­maya ulaha ama bakoo... More »

Titi la mama

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TITI LA MAMA Titi la mama ni­tamu,hata likiwa la mbwa, Kiswahili naaz­imu,sifayo iliy­ofumbwa, Kwa wa­siok­u­fa­hamu,ni­imbe ilivyo kubwa, Toka kama ml­izamu, fu­nika palipoz­ibwa, Titile mama litamu ,Jingine hal­ishi hamu. Lugha yangu ya ucho­cho,hata sasa nimekua, Changu... More »

Ji­funze Kiswahili uwa­funze na wengine

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Ki­na­chosubiriwa ni kuwa na mi­pango thabiti  ya kukikuza katika medani za ufundishaji shu­leni, uan­dishi  wa vitabu, ma­tu­mizi yake katika vy­ombo vya habari kama re­dio, runinga na mag­a­zeti. Tu­nataka vyuo vya ual­imu viwe na wal­imu waliobobea katika lugha na fasihi... More »

Ji­funze Kiswahili uwa­funze na wengine

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HATU­TAKIWI  tuwe wa­choyo tu­napo­ji­funza lugha. Kile tu­na­chofa­hamu tuwamegee na wengine ili kuwa­saidia kuwa bora zaidi. Labda yafaa ni­toe mfano uliotokea hivi kari­buni huko Uin­gereza. Wabunge wa Bunge la Uin­gereza am­bao ni weledi wa lugha ya Ki­in­gereza hawaridhi... More »

Re­viv­ing cul­ture to fight rad­i­cal­iza­tion

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The EU or­ga­nized an event in Nairobi to cel­e­brate So­mali cul­ture NAIROBI  The So­mali gov­ern­ment be­lieves that re­viv­ing the coun­try’s cul­ture can help tackle rad­i­cal­iza­tion among its youth, a view shared by the Eu­ro­pean Union. “We are called a na­tion of po­ets,”... More »

Ba­juni tra­di­tional dance “Kirumbidhi”(Stek Dance)

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Kirumbidhi (Stek Dance) is the most pop­u­lar tra­di­tional sec­u­lar dance , in which two men move within a large cir­cle of on­look­ers , threat­en­ing each other usin styl­ized mo­tions with two large steks. Is a highly com­pet­i­tive stik dance which usu­ally oc­curs dur­ing... More »