The teachers still giggle at my pronunciation, but they are putting much more effort into learning, after seeing the effort I put into my Swahili. Pole-pole, slowly but surely.

Many residents of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania, can’t swim. A special program at “Burkini Island” is teaching Muslim girls how to swim with the aim of saving lives.

Thousands of visitors to the historic city of Stone Town, Zanzibar, have followed the sound of music to the Dhow Countries Music Academy (DCMA), a music school that promotes and preserves the islands’ ...

Three high schoolers in Zanzibar have won a prize for a film tackling a fierce debate in African classrooms: Should the teacher instruct in English or the mother tongue?

All schools on the island of Zanzibar are closed temporarily due to flooding after heavy rains. ... The schools were closed for the safety of the students and teachers. ... News in Swahili.

They were volunteering as teachers in Zanzibar, i-to-i Travel says. Their attackers were two men on a motorcycle, police say. Zanzibar, Tanzania CNN — ...

Alston Middle School teacher Pren Woods has been selected to participate in a Fulbright-Hays fellowship to Oman and Zanzibar for this summer. As one of the 14 fellows, he will ...