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Who denied Swahili its place in law review?

Swahili experts celebrated after the 2010 Constitution was passed. They supported the document because it recognised Swahili as both the official and national language.

They organised conferences and symposiums wherever they found space and time, tailoring their themes around Swahili and the Constitution. That might have helped some to publish academic papers, get promotions and recognition in the academia, but it did not raise the status of the language.

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