The history of the coastal communities of east Africa shows how ethnic groups and their languages were shaped.
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The overwhelming majority of Muslims in Mozambique reject the violence of the insurgents and their quest for a caliphate.
By the 1950s a standard version of the language emerged, today spoken by an estimated 200 million people.
The first ancient DNA sequences from peoples of the medieval Swahili civilization push aside colonialist stories and reveal genetic connections from the past.
Dhamaal music and dance reveals a rich and complex mixing of cultures that is shaped by history.
Research finds that the threat of being sentenced to death has no bearing on how people contemplate violent crime.
Over two millennia, Swahili has built bridges among people across Africa and into the diaspora.
Abdulrazak Gurnah’s stories suggest that it is important to see others in relation to ourselves, to perceive their right of abode even if they cannot claim national belonging.
Kiswahili will be easy for South Africans to learn compared to foreign languages from outside Africa.
A guerrilla movement in Mozambique could upend the government’s plans for stability and prosperity.
For the African-American community, Kwanzaa is not just any “Black holiday. ” It is a recognition that knowledge of Black history is worthwhile.
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Reader in African history, Queen's University Belfast
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Associate Dean of Students, Vanderbilt University
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Post-doctoral fellow. Rhodes University, Rhodes University
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Postdoctoral Fellow at Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the Death Penalty Project, University of Oxford
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Professor in the English Department, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Harvard University
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Ohio University
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Ohio University
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Professor of Genetics and of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
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Professor of Anthropology, University of South Florida
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Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University
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Director of the University of Oxford Death Penalty Research Unit, Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
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Assistant Professor of History, Brigham Young University
