With fine stretches of beach running north and south, the tiny Swahili outpost of Pangani is also a wonderful stop, as are the Unesco World Heritage Site on Kilwa Kisiwani, the lively coastal town of Lindi and the beaches around Mikindani and Mtwara in Tanzania’s far south. Accommodation ...
Please: With a flat hand, move your hand in a circular motion across your chest Thank you: With a flat hand, start with your hand near your lips and move it forward away from your face Languages Where Hello and Goodbye Are the Same or Similar ...
Below are the words of our Swahili Gay Dictionary that we will expand in new editions. If you know any more, please, contact us. But first some information about the language and where it is spoken. Swahili is a language of the Niger-Congo family spoken mainly in Tanzania and Ken...
East Africa is now ground zero for much of the poaching. In June the Tanzanian government announced that the country has lost 60 percent of its elephants in the past five years, down from 110,000 to fewer than 44,000. During the same period, neighboring Mozambique is reported to have los...
In the same vein is the language Tanzanians speak, which consists of English and Swahili. Many Tanzanians may speak English, but you’ll need to know that there are just as many, if not more, who only speak Swahili. If you’re looking to pursue a long-term relationship, it’s best to...
The Tanzanian shilling is made up of 100senti, Swahili for cents. In written form, it appears as x/y with the x as the number of shillings, and y as the amount of senti. For example, 25 shillings would be written as 25/- or 25/=, while 25 senti would appear as -/25 or ...
2018. Social determinants of mental health: where we are and where we need to go. Current Psychiatry Reports 20 (11): 95–114. Ambikile, Joel, and Masunga Iseselo. 2017. Mental health care and delivery system at Temeke Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. BMC Psychiatry 17 (109). ...
In Kenya, the use of English is much more widespread than in Tanzania. Going out in public or reading the newspaper, you'll notice that English is used a great deal whereas in Tanzania, the majority of texts are written in Swahili. Although English is ...
Tanzania trip. Until then, apart from a long icebreaker expedition, I did not have much experience in being literally on the road for weeks and had no idea what to expect from such an adventure. For those of you unfamiliar with this term, overlanding is one of the most popular trends in...
There are a lot of theories as to the origin of the name Kilimanjaro. Swahili is the dominant language of Tanzania. Kilima means “small hill” and Njaro means “greatness”, so “great, small hill.” The use of the world hill here could be intentionally sarcastic. Another possibility is...