2020
Was there ever a Kiswahili word for ‘Holy’?
‘The available evidence suggests that in the mid-nineteenth century, at the second coming of European-Christians to the East African coast, there was no lexical equivalent for ‘holy’ or its near-synonym…
The Swahili Identity Re-envisioned
Swahili identity is not elusive if we can work to think beyond the racial prison-house of colonial thought and understand coastal communities through these broader historical trends.
Mwana Darini’s Siwa
A story on the Swahili royal horns that graced the East African coast for centuries.
“Who is a Swahili?” Explainer Premiere
We have launched our YouTube Channel where we will be sharing explainer videos about the East African Coast. Visit here and subscribe.
Hiistoriya Webinar
Hiistoriya organised its inaugural webinar on 25 June 2020 on “Preserving African Heritage Heritage in a Social World“.