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Fishermen land their wooden boats on the beach in Tanzania, one of the countries involved in the genetic analysis of the Swahili people. Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption

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What's the origin of the long-ago Swahili civilization? Genes offer a revealing answer

April 12, 2023 • Genetic analyses back up what Swahili oral tradition has long held about ancestry of people from eastern Africa — that their ancestors are from Africa and abroad.

Swahili Speakers Debate Disney's Trademark of 'Hakuna Matata' For T-Shirts

"The Lion King," released in 1994 and one of the top grossing U.S. films of all time, is celebrated at a Disney fan event in Anaheim, Calif. Image Group LA/Disney via Getty Images hide caption

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Swahili Speakers Debate Disney's Trademark of 'Hakuna Matata' For T-Shirts

December 14, 2018 • The song title from the film The Lion King has been trademarked by Disney since 2003. In recent weeks, African media has launched a discussion on whether that's cultural appropriation.

Teens Make Film In Broken English To Explain Why They'll Fail English

Screengrab from the film, Present Tense.

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Teens Make Film In Broken English To Explain Why They'll Fail English

June 25, 2015 • Three high schoolers in Zanzibar have won a prize for a film tackling a fierce debate in African classrooms: Should the teacher instruct in English or the mother tongue?

Teens Make Film In Broken English To Explain Why They'll Fail English

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