Gerephace Mwangosi
Volume: 13 Issue: 04, 2025
Abstract:
This article is about scholars’ attitudes in Kiswahili as a global and official language in East African states. Thisresearch islibrary-based where the primary data was obtained bymethods of reading selected texts. Library and electronic methods were used to obtain secondary data used to verify the offered primary information. The results of this article shows the factorsthat affect the globalisation of the Kiswahili language; that it isthe presence of colonial opium as well as historical reasons that have caused, to some extent, the existence of different trends regarding the Kiswahili language. Some people claim that colonial languages are important criteria for measuring a person's social, economic, and national status. These claims raise different attitudes of people regarding the reception and use of the Kiswahili language as the official language of Africa to force its acceptance. This article suggests that it is high time for African countries to create a strong language policy that involve all nations and implement them in practice. By doing so, the Kiswahili language will be a symbol of Africa.