Kiswahili: How language has evolved

Lali Abdalla Shelali performed using a flute during the celebration of World Kiswahili Day on July 7, 2022. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The most famous phrase from Kiswahili has to be ‘hakuna matata’. Thanks to the film Lion King, a lot of people in the world who don’t speak Kiswahili know what it means.

It has been the go-to African language in films, unofficially...