WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the early 19th century, the spread of Swahili inland received a great impetus from its being the language of the Arab ivory and slave caravans, which penetrated as far north as Uganda and as far west as Congo.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Swahili originated from the intermarriage of Arabs with the coastal Bantu communities. The Swahili live in urban centers along the East African Coast. The Swahili were initially called Wangozi. They are believed to have migrated from Shungwaya to the coast, where they intermarried with the Arabs.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Swahili language is an example of cultural diffusion. It emerged on the coast of East Africa, where many Arabs, Indians, and Europeans settled down. This led to the emergence of a new language called Swahili, a blend of African languages with Arabic and Portuguese vocabularies.

Detailed explanation-4: -The original inhabitants of the Swahili Coast were Bantu-speaking Africans, who had migrated east from the continent’s interior. They eventually spread up and down the coast, trading with each other, with the people of the interior, and eventually people from other continents.

Detailed explanation-5: -Today, religion and with it, kind of self-imposed social isolation maintain Swahili culture as a fixture of the Swahili Coast. Kiswahili is the mother tongue of the Swahili people, and the official language of Kenya.

Detailed explanation-6: -Swahili played a major role in spreading both Christianity and Islam in East Africa. From their arrival in East Africa, Arabs brought Islam and set up madrasas, where they used Swahili to teach Islam to the natives.