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Swahili people speak the Swahili language. Modern Standard Swahili is derived from the Kiunguja dialect of Zanzibar. Like many other world languages, Swahili has borrowed a large number of words from foreign languages, particularly administrative terms from Arabic, but also words from Portuguese, Persian, Hindi, Spanish, English and German.
Swahili culture is the culture of the Swahili people inhabiting the Swahili coast. This littoral area encompasses Tanzania , Kenya , and Mozambique , as well as the adjacent islands of Zanzibar and Comoros along with some parts of Malawi and the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo .
This category is for individual people from the Swahili ethnic group. Pages in category "Swahili people" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total.
Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally recognized language. It is peer to the few languages of the world that ...
Hammie Rajab, Swahili novelist [8] Shaaban Robert (1909–1962), Swahili novelist and poet; Emily Ruete (1844–1924), Princess of Zanzibar; Gabriel Ruhumbika (b. 1938), novelist and short story writer [Killam & Rowe] Edwin Semzaba, novelist, playwright, actor and director; Robert Bin Shaaban (1902–1962), poet, author and essayist
Shaaban bin Robert, also known as Shaaban Robert (1 January 1909 – 20 June 1962), was a Tanzanian poet, author, and essayist who supported the preservation of Tanzanian verse traditions. [2]
The Gĩkũyũ people believed the departed spirits of the ancestors can be reborn again in this world when children are being born, hence the rites performed during the child naming ceremonies. [20] The Gĩkũyũ people believed the vital life force or soul of a person can be increased or diminished, thereby affecting the person's health.
Taarab music is a fusion of Swahili poetry sung in rhythmic poetic style, performed by male or female singers and taarab ensembles comprising numerous musicians. Taarab forms a part of the social life of the Swahili people along the coastal areas, especially in Zanzibar, Tanga and even further in Mombasa and Malindi along the Kenya coast. [4]