Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Zanzibar beach comes alive at sunset as coastal villagers descend onto it for a football match. Photograph by Adrienne Pitts This ...

Dar es Salaam. Two Tanzanian writers, Nahida Esmail and Richard Mabala, have launched a new literary prize aimed at promoting Swahili fiction for young readers across Africa.The award, named the Na-La ...

Lamu Old Town is a Unesco World Heritage site that is considered to be a living museum of Swahili culture and architecture. Photo Credit: javarman/Shutterstock.com Lamu Island, off the coast of Kenya, ...