Kenn Ya

Kenyan (+254) born |
World citizen |
Appreciating life everyday |

[ZJ HENO • EMPIRE SOUND @ZJHENO]

Team dancehall tuko Masshouse Kesho 💣

[Rio Ferdinand @rioferdy5]

“Watching Arsenal is like Watching Netflix… you always have to wait for the next season” 😂😂

🎤 @Evra

[Rastafari Movement @RastafariM]

Your goal should be to win, not to look like you’re winning.

[DJ KROWBAR @DJKrowbar]

SHIF Registration. Enough is enough. @MOH_Kenya

[ZJ HENO • EMPIRE SOUND @ZJHENO]

5TH OCTOBER 2024 - NSK #RiddimWars

@GMONEYizME @EmpiresoundKE

[Kenn Ya @KennObara]

@ZJHENO @VybezRadioKE Ume kua ume kalia mawe

[Orange Botswana @orangebw]

O tla gae
O tla lapeng
E tla lapeng
E tla gae

Orange Botswana proudly congratulates Letsile Tebogo on his outstanding victory in the 200m! 🇧🇼✨ Your hard work and dedication continue to inspire us all. Keep pushing the limits! #PushingTheLimits #LetsileTebogo

[Orange Botswana @orangebw]

Upgrade to Orange 5G and get speed, reliability and innovation at your fingertips!
#OrangeBotswana #SwitchtoOrange5G #PushingtheLimits #Paris #GoForGold #TeamBotswana

[KONSHENS @konshens]

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[KONSHENS @konshens]

For the ones we lost pan di battlefield. Names live on forever.🙏🏾💪🏾👊🏾🖤

[Mkubwa Global @MkubwaGlobal]

🌍🎉🇹🇿🇰🇪🇺🇬🇨🇩🇨🇴𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗢𝗙 𝗞𝗜𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗜: 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

Today, Sunday, July 7th, 2024, we celebrate World Kiswahili Language Day, honoring the most spoken African language, spoken by nearly 200 million people in East and Central Africa; Kenya, Tanzania, Congo-Kinshasa, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Mozambique, Oman in the Middle East, and beyond!

Kiswahili unites almost one-third of Africa's geographical region, fostering education and creativity, promoting cultural exchange, and socio-political dynamism. Its impact on the global African community is profound and growing. Last year, during Her Excellency Francia Márquez's, the first Afro-Latina elected Vice President of Colombia, official state visit to Kenya, discussions were held on increasing bilateral and South-to-South trade. The government of the South American nation subsequently announced the introduction of Kiswahili in schools.

The Kiswahili language also holds cultural significance for African Americans. Kiswahili personal names are popular in Black America, with the name Zuri, meaning beautiful or good in Kiswahili, ranking as the most popular name for newborn girls.

Kwanzaa, the Black American holiday, derives from the Swahili phrase "matunda ya kwanza," meaning "first fruits." It is based on community practices among African Bantu agricultural communities, from which the Kiswahili language originates, celebrating after the harvest. The seven-day holiday is centered around seven Kiswahili-Bantu cultural-ethical principles, or "Nguzo Saba": Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity), and Imani (Faith).

In addition to being both spoken and taught in most of the aforementioned African nations, Malawi, South Africa, and Botswana have announced plans to incorporate Kiswahili into their national curricula. Kiswahili is also an official language of two regional intergovernmental organizations, the East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Cooperation (SADC), along with the African Union.

Just as the Institut Français promotes French language and cultural capital globally, and Confucius Institutes (CIs) advance Chinese language and culture in the interest of the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese development, the EAC, led by the Presidents of Tanzania and Zanzibar, respectively H.E. @SuluhuSamia and H.E. @DrHmwinyi, should recognize the national socio-cultural and socio-economic value of fostering engagement between the Zanzibar-based East African Kiswahili Commission (EAKC) @Eakc_kiswahili and academic and cultural institutions within the global African diaspora, particularly in Black America.

Promoting Kiswahili and developing cultural exchanges with Black American educational and social institutions and associations, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) like Howard University, the alma mater of Vice President Kamala Harris, and Morehouse University, the alma mater of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as well as Black American fraternities and sororities, can support knowledge transfer, investments, and innovation from Black America to the Swahili-speaking world, and vice versa.

This exchange will enhance human development and open up global opportunities for trade, travel, and prosperity for peoples of African descent.

Why shouldn’t Swahili-speaking African nations acknowledge and incorporate the celebration of Kwanzaa? The benefits of such a move, particular in the area of culturally driven tourism, are so obvious. Suffice it to say, cultural capital equals economic capital.

Kudos to UNESCO for recognizing this day in 2022! Now it's up to African leaders to continue to uplift Kiswahili and promote it worldwide for the cultural and commercial benefit of all African people. Asante Sana!

#GlobalAfrica #KiswahiliDay #Multilingualism #CulturalExchange #BlackAmerica #SwahiliNation #Kwanzaa #ForTheCulture

[Gowi Odera @GowiOdera]

Lord Have mercy!
Amos 5:21-24
#RutoMustGo

[The Kalling @Kabakapyramid]

To the youth in Kenya 🇰🇪, we see you, we are with you
Rastafari Live!
#Rejectthefinancebill2024
#welldone #makeway

[JaPrado. @Dr_AustinOmondi]

Hello KOX,

As much as today was a success we still have patients in Kenyatta and Mbagathi needing blood transfusions after today's protests.

I'm requesting one last favour, can we mobilize 1000 of us tutoe damu Kenyatta kesho blood bank ijae so we our help fellow Kenyans.

RT.

[Troll Football Media @TrollFootball2]

Troll Football stands with Kenya #RejectFinanceBill2024

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

A new wave of Kenyan youth protests is shaking up the status quo, challenging unpopular tax proposals and making headlines. Here’s what’s happening:🧵(1/8)

[The Razor Cut Deejay @selectortechnix]

My Nairobi People.
The main and only reggae event for our departed sister Fyah Mummah will be held on Wednesday at Quiver Lounge “Thika Rd”

Chapia beste yako.

[Mkubwa Global @MkubwaGlobal]

🇧🇼𝗕𝗢𝗧𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗔: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗔𝗞𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬

Botswana, the often overlooked Southern African nation, may actually be the closest real-life example of Wakanda, the fictional Black civilization in Marvel Comics' Black Panther.

As the only stable and free nation in Africa with zero debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Botswana showcases the kind of Black sovereignty, self-reliance, and sustainability that captured the imagination of moviegoers who packed cinemas to watch Black Panther.

Just as Wakanda harnesses its Vibranium for the benefit of its people, Botswana skillfully manages its diamond wealth to ensure prosperity and ranks among the top countries in Africa for its Human Development Index (HDI), reflecting significant progress in social services such as healthcare and education.

The Republic of Botswana defies the typical narrative of African underdevelopment, civil wars, and corruption, exemplifying how resource management and financial independence can uplift a nation.

Along with its rich and diverse wildlife, recent studies suggest that Botswana is the birthplace of modern humans, making it the potential "Garden of Eden."

No wonder Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi has been seeking to attract more attention to his small, stable, and peaceful nation of just under 3 million people.

His efforts include positioning it as a hub for media production through collaboration with US production companies such as Steve Harvey Global, as well as for entertainment, holistic travel, and tourism. If visiting humanity's origins doesn't heal you, I don't know what will?

If Botswana is the real Wakanda, that would make its President the real Black Panther.

💎🌍 #IMF #ResourceManagement #RealWakanda

[HSBC SVNS @SVNSSeries]

All the scores, all the celebrations 😌👈

Kenya came to play in Madrid 🔥

#HSBCSVNS | #HSBCSVNSMAD

[Kenn Ya @KennObara]

@BlackYellow Nairobi