#Swahili

#Hiistoriya

hiistoriya

What counts as modern Swahili architecture and design? Iron rooftops and brightly painted walls? Or the white and pristine houses owned by foreigners on the seafronts of Swahili towns? Ahmed

Jonathon L. Earle

JonathonLEarle

This builds upon the excellent conversation b/w @Isacmpanga & @JMwesigwa_S re: Royal Mile in Buganda. How is 'Kabaka’njagala' best translated? Commonly translated, The King Loves Me, @Isacmpanga effectively argues that

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

Lamu Town in modern Kenya is the oldest and best preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa and an example of African #GoodUrbanism. Founded in 1370. Very few motor vehicles are

T. R. Okuna

XivTroy

My experiential reality contends that South African women are the quintessence of womanhood: an ideal concoction of brain & brawn. The average Kenyan & Nigerian woman is a proper scandal.

isaac Samuel

rhaplord

For #WorldToiletDay A thread on medieval and early modern African lavatories/baths/latrines#triviaxt#historyxtThe baths and toilets of Gedi (Inset),shanga and cities of medieval swahili (1000-1500AD) -Kenya, TzA common feature of a swahili

Jake Sherman

JakeSherman

Playbook: THERE COMES A POINT IN EVERY CONGRESSIONAL NEGOTIATION where it would be helpful for Google Translate to have a feature to turn Capitol Hill speak to English. WE’VE REACHED

Joe Bassey

Joe__Bassey

The Bantu Expansion & kingdoms_Is a concurrent dispersal of Bantu languages and Bantu-speaking people from an ancestral homeland situated in the Grassfields region in the borderland between current-day Southern Nigeria

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bearicornblues

I know many pple dont know anything about Kwanzaa and that's ok! It is a fairly new holiday and there is much to learn about celebrating it so this thread

megwatzke

megwatzke

Tomorrow (Dec 12th) marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Uhuru satellite. Uhuru was the 1st satellite dedicated to observing cosmic X-ray sources (that is, not the Sun).

Alex

seyyedreza

In Arabic, church is كنيسة (kenisa) and synagogue is کنیس (kenis).In Persian, church is کلیسا (kelisa) and synagogue is کنیسه (kenisa).A quick thread on why Middle Eastern languages have similar

Jessica Roberts

jessicaroberts

Whew! Tired but energized from great #WalkBikePlaces on Integrating Human Emotion & Cognition into Active Transportation Projects. A few highlights for you all below. @PPS_Placemaking First up, lit review; I'll

Author Sakwah Ongoma

CSakwah

Have you ever been in a situation where strangers wanaamua kukusengenya in a language that you grasp while they assume you don't understand the language? Recently, I went to buy

Iraq Tweets 🇮🇶

Iraq_Tweets

The struggle of Afro-Iraqis (Black Iraqis) // Thread: The majority of Afro-Iraqis are the descendants of slaves brought to the Middle East from the Swahili Coast and other parts of

Seleeah_Writes© #EndSarsBrutality#

Asipita6

Kalulu, The 12-Year-Old Slave Boy “Kalulu Falls” (Congo River Falls) Named After Him.Thread!!!! Kalulu, the 12-year-old salve boy “Kalulu Falls” (Congo River Falls) named after himNdugu M’Hali or Kalulu born

Women of 1000 AD

women_1000

It's #BlackHistoryMonth so I'd like to post some amazing reconstruction art of medieval Africa! First, here are some recreations of Great Zimbabwe, the royal palace of the Kingdom of

Phase Radio KE

RadioPhaseke

**Thread Alert**Today as our opening act we will do a complete overview of @sautisol 's latest album #MidnighttrainThis is their fifth studio album released on June 2020 under Universal Music

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