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UN to promote Kiswahili language

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July 8, 2022
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Hubert Gijzen, UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa and Representative to Kenya (PHOTO/Courtesy).

NAIROBI — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said that it will promote the Kiswahili language in order to boost African unity.

“We are also promoting Kiswahili through supporting the translation and availability of resources and scientific knowledge content produced in Kiswahili, including the monumental collection of the UNESCO general history of Africa.”

Hubert Gijzen, UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa and Representative to Kenya said Thursday evening during celebrations to mark the first World Kiswahili Language Day.

Gijzen said in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, that his organization promotes the Kiswahili language through the advancement of multilingual education, media pluralism, cultural diversity and the preservation of intangible cultural heritage.

UNESCO declared July 7 of each year as World Kiswahili Language Day in its 41st General Conference session in 2021.

Kiswahili is one of the official languages of the African Union, East African Community and the Southern African Development Community.

Gijzen observed that Kiswahili shares words and concepts with other African languages and hence has impressive unifying power.

He revealed that the language will play a role in ensuring the African continent realizes its full potential, a goal that UNESCO also works towards, through its programs in Africa.

“With over 200 million speakers, it is one of the most widely used African languages, encompassing more than a dozen main dialects,” he said. Kiswahili is the first African language to be recognized in such a manner by the UN.

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