Swahili is spoken by over 100m people in Africa so it’s pretty hard to ignore a language that’s spoken by so many people. Its importance as a lingua franca is recognized by foreign media organizations such as the BBC, which broadcasts radio programme in Swahili

Swahili is rich in history. Most of its administrative and religious vocabularies are Arabic while trade is influenced by those other languages that traded at the coast.

Swahili is a widely spoken language within East and Central Africa and it is now being introduced to most African countries as an official language, which is going to be taught in both primary and secondary schools in East and Central Africa.