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Swahili

The story of how Swahili became Africa’s most spoken language

Magazine

The story of how Swahili became Africa’s most spoken language

By John M. Mugane

Nobel winner Abdulrazak Gurnah’s fiction traces small lives with wit and tenderness

Magazine

Nobel winner Abdulrazak Gurnah’s fiction traces small lives with wit and tenderness

By Tina Steiner