Kiswahili Kitukuzwe (The Glorious Swahili)

Kiswahili Kitukuzwe (The Glorious Swahili) is a 15-minute film that highlights the beauty and true essence of the Swahili language through its grammar and usage.

It begins with a catchy stanza from the talented poet, Hemed Abdallah, followed by the popular actress, Rukia Ngonyo, who plays Mwana Kupona. This film brings the voice and face of Fumo Liyongo back to life through his popular poem that he used to conspire with the servant, Sada, to help him escape prison.

This film highlights the grammatical structure of Swahili; its Ajami and Roman alphabets; Swahili sayings; idioms; similes; riddles; and proverbs.

It mentions the celebrated Swahili writers and poets such as Muyaka wa Muhaji, Shaaban bin Robert, Siti binti Saad and Prof. Nabahani.

This film shows how Swahili syntax incorporates various other languages like English, Indian, Portuguese, French, Somali as well as Latin.

It highlights the influence of Swahili in the entertainment industry through songs of different genres such as taarab, bango, bongo flava, afro music as well as european music.

It also recognises the international media stations and channels broadcasting in Swahili as well as globally-recognized universities that offer Swahili courses.

More so, it mentions amongst many some of the powerful world leaders who used Swahili language such as the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere (Tanzania) and the former US President Barack Obama.

This film touches on the contribution of Swahili in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) through Android, Wikipedia, Google, Mozilla, Python and Blockchain.

It covers some of the widespread Swahili dialects such as Kiamu (Lamu), Kimvita (Mombasa), Kiunguja (Zanzibar), Kipemba (Tanzania), Kingwana (Congo), Kimwani (Mozambique) and Chimiini (Barawa, Somali).

It includes Swahili comedy from the legendary comedians King Majuto (Tanzania) and Abdalla Moi (Mombasa).

Generally, this film Kiswahili Kitukuzwe (The Glorious Swahili) offers a glimpse of the beauty and cheerfulness of this one-of-a-kind language used by various communities and sectors in the world.