Why is this newspaper written in the coloniser’s language?
Perhaps Rwanda should now pick up the gauntlet and lead the EAC in promoting Swahili. But it must also look beyond its borders for institutions and individuals that will help it move Swahili to another level. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGAH | NATION MEDIA GROUP
In 1985, Prof Ireri Mbaabu of Kenyatta University made the following audacious statement in his book New Horizons in Kiswahili: “Swahili is presently the world’s most rapidly developing language.”
The passage of time seems to have borne him out as Swahili continues to straddle many lands in its East African cradle and beyond.
