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Hiistoriya
Приєднався 10 лип 2020
Hiistoriya is a digital platform that seeks to conserve and promote the culture and history of the East African coast. We are researching, collating and disseminating history and cultural heritage while linking it to present-day practice. We aim to decolonise, digitise and safeguard cultural heritage and history and provide a safe space to challenge the stories of today that have been shaped by a distorted view from the past.
The name Hiistoriya has a dual meaning, in classic Swahili it means history, while in contemporary Swahili, “hii stori ya” is slang for “the story of…”. The platform is a bridge between the past, present and the future. Hiistoriya interlinks our history with our current cultural traditions and practices while weaving a future of greater self-awareness.
The name Hiistoriya has a dual meaning, in classic Swahili it means history, while in contemporary Swahili, “hii stori ya” is slang for “the story of…”. The platform is a bridge between the past, present and the future. Hiistoriya interlinks our history with our current cultural traditions and practices while weaving a future of greater self-awareness.
Who are the Swahili? | Hiistoriya
A look into the identity of the Swahili people native to the East African Coast. The Swahili are a Bantu community that is native to the East African coast. They were the western Indian Ocean's middlemen in the intercontinental trade that linked Africa to Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
Bibliography
-Allen, J. De V. Swahili origins: Swahili culture & the Shungwaya phenomenon, J. Currey, 1993
-Chiraghdin, Shihabuddin. “Kiswahili na Wenyewe” Kiswahili 44.1 (1974): 48-53
-Kindy Hyder. Life and Politics of Mombasa. Nairobi. English Press,1972
-Lodhi, Abdulaziz, Y. “Language and Cultural Unity in Tanzania,” Kiswahili (1974) 44/2:10-13
-Mazrui, Alamin M, and Ibrahim N. Shariff. The Swahili: Idiom and Identity of an African People. Trenton, N.J: Africa World Press, 1994.
-Nurse, Derek and Spear, Thomas. The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800-1500. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985
-Senkoro, F.E.M.K. “Tenzi za Kiswahili,” Umma 6.2 (1976): 116- 31
-Sharrif, Ibrahim Noor. Knappert’s Tales. Kiswahili 41.2 (1971): 47-55
-Sheriff, Abdul, Slaves, Spices and Ivory in Zanzibar. London: James Currey, 1987.
-Stingand, Captain C.H. The Land of Zinj, London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd., 1913.
-The Encyclopedia Britannica. XXXVI, Cambridge University Press,1911
-Whiteley, W. Swahili: The Rise of a National Language. London: Methuen and Co., 1969
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Bibliography
-Allen, J. De V. Swahili origins: Swahili culture & the Shungwaya phenomenon, J. Currey, 1993
-Chiraghdin, Shihabuddin. “Kiswahili na Wenyewe” Kiswahili 44.1 (1974): 48-53
-Kindy Hyder. Life and Politics of Mombasa. Nairobi. English Press,1972
-Lodhi, Abdulaziz, Y. “Language and Cultural Unity in Tanzania,” Kiswahili (1974) 44/2:10-13
-Mazrui, Alamin M, and Ibrahim N. Shariff. The Swahili: Idiom and Identity of an African People. Trenton, N.J: Africa World Press, 1994.
-Nurse, Derek and Spear, Thomas. The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800-1500. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985
-Senkoro, F.E.M.K. “Tenzi za Kiswahili,” Umma 6.2 (1976): 116- 31
-Sharrif, Ibrahim Noor. Knappert’s Tales. Kiswahili 41.2 (1971): 47-55
-Sheriff, Abdul, Slaves, Spices and Ivory in Zanzibar. London: James Currey, 1987.
-Stingand, Captain C.H. The Land of Zinj, London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd., 1913.
-The Encyclopedia Britannica. XXXVI, Cambridge University Press,1911
-Whiteley, W. Swahili: The Rise of a National Language. London: Methuen and Co., 1969
Hiistoriya Elsewhere
Website: hiistoriya.com
Twitter: hiistoriya
Instagram: hiistoriya
Facebook: hiistoriya
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Im an Argentino 🇦🇷 and im VERY thankfull for this video, i love learning about other places and cultures, but here theres not much material about non-white cultures. This kind of videos are really good!
Thank you for this knowledge amen praise be our lord 🙏 ❤
They were colonized by Arabs
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Very accurate history!!! Tanzanians will lose their minds, they can’t comprehend Kiswahili started in Kenya. That’s the problem with ujeuri, it bites back!
Thanks so much so the swahili people are not just mix african correct
being swahili is what definites us as one people. wami mtru(mutu) wa chisua(kisua) ya maore. Je suis de l'île Mayotte donc je suis swahili.🇾🇹🇾🇹🇾🇹
Swahili is just a Language in East Africa…there’s no tribe as Swahili
Any spoken language has an origin. So Swahili was born within coastal tribes
you champion detribalization and arabization (vis a vi islam) simultaneously. this is a double standard smh. arabs kept their identity because they've succeeded in forcing their identity on east Africans over centuries (to the arab benefit). Now they can easily slip in when they wish without detribalizing. but any Bantu has such a requirement, what madness is this?
...can you share with me a little info on the "fish like" design which is part of your background...as I trust much of what we see today has an Afrikan/Alkebulan origin , sometimes with meaning while one can be led to think a design is original to the european...thank you...
Swahíli is my name😊
Habari! Nikona sueli mbili! 1. I was thinking that the Kenyans who spoke Swahili as a lingua franca were Swahili people. Is this incorrect? My new understanding from this video is that Swahili people are from the coast. 2. Along with the Indians and Arabs, are the white foreigners who settle into and live in Swahili culture considered Swahili? Asante sana, mwalimu!
lucid talk , love it
Great video thanks
What happened to the Swahili kingdom?? I would like to know if there's a research on the original Swahili people
Strange that no mention of the Bantu influence in the language, since it is the biggest part of the Swahili language, with Arab at around 30%. The Bantu people originated in the area around present day Cameroun, and migrated around 1500 from there, and reached as far as south-east Africa, in what is known as the Transkei. Studies of the languages confirm the affinity from what is called a Bantu language. Islam did not go far from the coast. The main trade of value from the interior in the past. was of slaves and ivory.
Asante sana.....this is the only true representation I have seen, heard, researched and read with the the true representation of who were/are the Waswahili and what is means.
I am Swahili and have arab decent, is it okay for me to call myself Afro-Arab?
You are African, Arabs wouldn’t even consider you Arab.
It is Said that The Swahili language is actually Ancient Hebrew....
Kazi Nzuri! This was excellent. Super helpful! I am in Mombasa on the Swahili Coast. While in Nairobi almost everyone speaks decent to excellent English, here many only speak Kiswahili, of which they are very proud of. They say they speak it better here than those in NRBI, which the folks there accept as true. The noun classes clobber me. I don't even really try hardly. I was encouraged when a professional colleague in NRBI admitted she can't even all the way follow them. But the straight forward pronunciation and WONDERFUL people here make it all so so worth it! Keep up the good work!
Prove that kiswahili is a mijikenda language from the coastal people of Kenya Ushahidi kua kiswahili kinatokana na lugha za kimijenda, kabila tisa zinazopatikana mwambao wa pwani mwa Kenya ua-cam.com/video/CZ59Vh7LsVw/v-deo.html
Swahili is Bantu language. 90 percentage of Swahili is Bantu. Original of that language is congo. Arab adopt this language.human started in east Africa. People are moving with language. Many people of Zanzibar are from mainland. When slave trade ends thus why remaining there. The first president of Zanzibar is from Malawi. His origin is from Malawi. All people of coastal are all Bantu. And they still speak they own language.
This was fun to watch 👍👍
00:10 "The Swahili identity [...] covers [...] a homogeneous yet diverse community". I think it can be either homogeneous or diverse, not both
Wa siwa hili is a made up theory.Just throw it in the dust bin
Asanteni sana marafiki! Nimefurahi sana sababu na kazi huu!
So proud to identify myself as a kiMvita Swahili 🇰🇪🇰🇪
Very enlightening. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to more Binti Swahiliya.🙏
But no one is Swahili. Each one has is language before Swahili but no one is Swahili
Kabisa
Swahili is originally from congo, it’s not for Muslim or Arabic people, Muslim tried to change some words to Arabic from luck of pronunciation. It’s Bantu language.
"This is not Helpful": What is helpful is / A course of bringing all of the "People of Color" together: I am from North America, my associates of Central America, South America, Austraila, Asia, the Caribean and the Pacific Rim WISH to join with our Mother Continent, AFRICA: IF WE SET THIS AS GOAL ONE - We can share the pass history of how everyone have gotten to the "NEW AFRICA" of Today.:
Asante sana. This is very comprehensive education.
Not really bantus,
What do u mean
We have not been classified and mind you bantus are from the hinterlands and our locations had always been at the ocean even the great migration. So as a fisherman my ancestors cant be farmers. History has been corrupted and not all coastal people are swahilis,we know our history from arabic sources since swahili was written in arabic till late 19th century. History can be faked just like any discipline.
@@omarAhmed-re3ms what is race and where are u from? Swahili is a Bantu language
Swahili comes from arabic saahil meaning coastal people, the origin of name . kiswahili is the later version standardized for the british to easy relate to. Dont confuse swahili and kiswahili.
@@omarAhmed-re3ms it seems u r the one who is confused.
Wow, the "Wa Siwa hili" origin of _Swahili_ is very compelling, surprised I never head of it
This scholar pretty much sums it up....`Mswahili ni nani?` ua-cam.com/video/eNZJZQ5kRLk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/Etg1x4niroU/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/4iKqRSF0rF8/v-deo.html
As a mswahili myself I loved watching this clip, and I honestly hope you continue your work with more episodes. The video was very informative 👌🏽👌🏽
Thank you for this amazing information. As a msawhili I was never thought this in school. I did not know much about my culture except that arabs mixed with locals and arab slave trade.
Swahili are Bantu with a little bit of persian, arab and indian admixturesthat came later in History through trade.
I don’t care what anybody say Swahili speaking people are Africans not Arabs. It sounds like to me that these Swahili speaking people were Influenced by Arabs just like every other African descendent people throughout the world let’s not cause any confusion Swahili speaking people are indeed Africans who was influenced by outsiders. Yes some of them might be Arabs or even mix with Arabs and African but they are African people first with a unique culture
Very well said
Yes
This is a nice, I like that you concluded that you are open for a discussion. I agree with you with you when you mention about Waswahili being the Native of most part of Kenya except for Lamu. Lamu has its own history. Would you mind sharing some details about Lamu, how are the Swahilis Natives of Lamu? Did you know that the Language spoken in Lamu was Arabic until after independence. That is when people started to shift to Swahili and if you look closely most Lamu Swahili Language is derived from Arabic language. Please share more about Lamu i am curious to know how the Swahili were natives of Lamu
Swahili people talk kiswahili. Those people were probably somalis.
Lamu is where bantu, Arabs and somalis met. Some bajuni words come from maay language of southern somalia
They don't want to accept that Swahili was never native to East Africa. They are migrants who mixed with the locals.
@@naikiadexa1123 wrong before contact of the outside world bantu are native to the east africa coast no one was inhabiting until the bantus stop being bitter
Pls how can I get history of the Galla (Wagala) now referred as Ormas. Pls
Good start. Next time avoid delving into too much religious fantasy. Too much reference to the Middle Eastern religion detract from culture lovers interested in this unique East African language. Also, I am very surprised you did Not mention the Coastal Bantu sister languages to Kiswahili - Pokomo, Mijikenda etc. There can be NO discussion of Swahili language or origin without reference to these languages. Don't look down upon your closest relatives culturally, linguistically and DNA-wise. There is a tendency for Swahilis to go look for Asians and assign them too much importance or overstate their role in the formation of Kiswahili (Kingozi) which is a pure Bantu language. Even Arab contribution to Kiswahili is sketchy and counts for a mere 15% vocabulary in specific areas. In short, Kingozi /Kiswahili, is just Chonyi, Giriama or Pokomo - it's closest relatives. The so-called Swahili ethnicity(esp in Kenya and Zanzibar) has to de-colonize & emancipate themselves from Arab mental slavery by fully embracing their Bantu roots. Swahili just like Mijikenda languages has no linguistic difference whatsoever from the Bantu spoken in Malawi, Zimbabwe and parts of South Africa.
Yes.
I'm from Zambia and Kiswahili sounds so much like Chichewa/Chinyanja, which are also spoken in Malawi and Mozambique. Chibemba and Chinsenga are similar too. Anyone fluent in those languages can understand it. I've read that most Arabic vocabulary in Kiswahili is directly from Omani Arabic dialect. Omanis colonised coastal region from the 17th century, and encouraged Arab immigration in the 19th century. Yet so called Swahili culture is far older, almost 2000 years old. Clearly, the deep Bantu roots are undermined and Arab overstated.
Wa-siwa-hili....
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Love this, we'll done. It's time we wrote and affirmed our own narrative.
Love this video Nasra! A true act of corrective surgery. More please!!!
Swahili mpoo tupeane bas like tujuane
That's very cool I didn't know about the bantu origin of the word swahili !
Kazi nzuri
Well done. Keep them coming
Very informative. Swahili is my first language and I'm glad to learn of its rich history. Thank you for this initiative.