Elements of Swahili culture such as continue to play a major role in modern Africa, especially in Kenya and Tanzania.

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Aubrie Escobar

11 May, 14:35

Elements of Swahili culture such as continue to play a major role in modern Africa, especially in Kenya and Tanzania.

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Swahili culture is the culture of the Swahili people inhabiting the Swahili Coast. This littoral area encompasses Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique, as well as the adjacent islands of Zanzibar and Comoros and some parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi. They speak Swahili as their native language, which belongs to the Niger-Congo family.

Swahili culture is the product of the history of the coastal part of the African Great Lakes region. As with the Swahili language, Swahili culture has a Bantu core that has borrowed from foreign influences.