Press release
2023 Edition of the World Kiswahili Language Day
The 2023 Edition of the World Kiswahili Language Day will be celebrated under the theme “Unleashing Kiswahili’s Potential in the Digital Era
1. Official ceremony: A multitude of participants are invited to participate in the including Ambassadors and Permanents Delegates to UNESCO, the Diplomatic Corps in France, the UNESCO Secretariat, private sector, Diaspora, civil society, the academia, among others.
2. Symposium: Focus will gauge the availability of digital resources to highlight the opportunities and challenges of harnessing digital technologies and the role of Kiswahili. Participants will also gain more insight on UNESCO’s role in the promotion of multilingualism – both off- and on-line – as well as inclusive digital transformation.
3. Cultural evening: Participants will have the opportunity to sample the diversity of Swahili culture from the organizing Member States including dance, music and gastronomy.
4. Social media campaign: focusing on promoting Kiswahili language in relation to other UN languages. It is anticipated that celebrations will be held nationally in some countries, as was the case in 2022, with the involvement of UNESCO field offices in Africa and beyond.
Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda) under the leadership of the Kenyan Permanent delegation
