swahili
Sep 15 2008, Baroka

As a Nigerian, I am not expected to speak Swahili. It is too far removed even in geography to be remotely considered needful. So whenever I sit in the cybercafé browsing for a Swahili dictionary, or conversing in my smattering Swahili phrases on an...

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