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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chelsie Frank, a global studies and environmental and sustainable environment senior, sat behind a table in the Sabathani Community Center in Minneapolis wearing a traditional African dress and ...

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 ...

COON RAPIDS, Minn. (KMSP) - A Ramsey woman is facing assault charges after she reportedly attacked another woman at an Applebee’s in Coon Rapids, Minn. for speaking in a foreign language. "I was ...

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 offense?

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 ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The historical lands of the Swahili are on East Africa’s Indian Ocean littoral ...