After many years of being referred to as Indonesian, social networking site Twitter has finally recognized Swahili as a language and offers a translation of the popular East and Southern African language. Hi @MariaSTsehai, we’re so inspired by de many #Kiswahili speakers who tweet in their language. Now, more than ever, they can do so without worrying thatContinue reading “Swahili is first native African language to get Twitter recognition after protests”
Author Archives: Ismail Akwei
The story of Togo, the German colony gifted to Britain and France
The French-speaking West African nation of Togo was pivotal during the transatlantic slave trade as Portuguese slave traders sought the human merchandise at the small fort of Porto Seguro, in the town currently known as Agbodrafo and lying between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Togo. During the infamous Scramble for Africa in 1884, Germany tookContinue reading “The story of Togo, the German colony gifted to Britain and France”
VaDoma, the Zimbabwean ostrich tribe with rare ‘two-toed’ population
The vaDoma tribe, also known as Doma or Dema, is the only hunter-gatherer tribe in Zimbabwe living in the Kanyemba region around the basins of a tributary of the Zambezi River Valley. They speak the Dema language and believe their ancestors emerged from a baobab tree and walked upright to hunt and gather fruits. TheContinue reading “VaDoma, the Zimbabwean ostrich tribe with rare ‘two-toed’ population”
This is the only African city among the most polluted cities in the world
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a list of the world’s most polluted cities based on the amount of particulate matter under 2.5 micrograms found in every cubic meter of air. Data was collected from 4,300 cities between 2010 and 2016 and India is home to six of ten cities in the world withContinue reading “This is the only African city among the most polluted cities in the world”
This unappreciated Senegalese soldier helped France secure Congo in 1880
The world knows little about Sergeant Malamine Camara, a soldier in the French colonial army who was key in securing the Congo Basin (present-day Congo Brazzaville) for France against Belgian invasion. Little is known about the birth and ethnicity of the young Senegalese soldier, but was believed to have been born in the 1850s toContinue reading “This unappreciated Senegalese soldier helped France secure Congo in 1880”
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