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7 July of each year is World Kiswahili Language Day. [iStockphoto]
Kiswahili is probably the African language most widely recognised outside the continent. It has a presence in almost all radio stations within and beyond Africa.
The use of Kiswahili has extended from South to North Africa and there is no language extensively used among sub-saharan languages.
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