The Kamusi ProjectThe Kamusi Project is an online Swahili dictionary that is created and maintained by a community effort, much like the online Encyclopedia Wikipedia: The Kamusi Project is a collaborative work by people all over the world. Together we are working to establish new dictionaries and learning resources for the Swahili language - Kiswahili - both within Swahili and between Swahili and English. Swahili is the most widely spoken African language, with as many as 100 million speakers in East and Central Africa. Swahili is a national language of Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda, and it is an official language of the African Union. This project is the most important Swahili site on the internet, thy also produce great content: Malaika - Swahili SongThese are th lyrics as they appear onscreen anr sung by the three singers: Malaika, nakupenda Malaika
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