For thousands of years, the Indian Ocean winds have brought traders, warriors and religions to the Swahili Coast. From Arabia, Asia and Europe, all clambered ashore, each leaving another layer of ...

Objects that have never left Kenya before are now traveling America. “World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean” is an exhibition opening Sunday and on display until Feb. 10 at the ...

“World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean” opens at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art May 9. The exhibition, on view through Sept. 3 in the International Gallery, ...

Researchers affiliated with Harvard Medical School and the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found Asian and African DNA in ancient human remains on the Swahili Coast in a paper published last ...

Some of the world’s greatest cities during the Middle Ages were on the eastern coast of Africa. Their ornate stone domes and soaring walls, made with ocean corals and painted a brilliant white, were ...

The people of the east coast of Africa first came into touch with Arabian traders many centuries ago, which led to the development of the Swahilu language. Swahili was created as a linguistic franca ...

Nolan Quinn is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program. The threat of rising support for Islamist militancy in East Africa should not take away from efforts to ...