Traditional Swahili interiors were invariably made with classic coral and stone walls that were covered in intricate hand-carved designs called vidaka in Kiswahili, niches in English. A few Swahili ...

"You cannot go in there," the adolescent chided. He repeated this, slowly, as if it were an accepted fact that infidels are of inferior intellect. The problem wasn't merely that we were infidels -- it ...

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 ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Nine hundred years ago, on the east coast of Africa, Swahili communities developed a tradition of interior stucco: ...

MUSCAT (Reuters) - The coastal Arab nation of Oman is the unlikely center of a thriving African music scene with roots stretching back centuries and across the seas to Zanzibar. The Omani empire in ...

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters Life!) - For women in Tanzania's humid Dar es Salaam port city, the "kanga" is must-have material, functioning as an everyday wraparound dress, bath towel, shawl and, when ...

It is the first Sunday of the Advent season, and inside St. Norbert Catholic Church in Florissant are about 50 African families spaced out across the church pews tapping their feet to the African drum ...

DAR ES SALAAM For women in Tanzanias humid Dar es Salaam port city, the 'kanga' is must-have material, functioning as an everyday wraparound dress, bath towel, shawl and, when ragged, dish cloth and ...

MUSCAT: Oman seems the unlikely center for a thriving African music scene with roots stretching back centuries and across the seas to Zanzibar. The Omani empire in the 18th- and 19th-century ruled ...