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Culture is the sum total of social behaviors, traditions, customs and a total way of life of a particular society. It looks at the regular practices of the given society such as; when or what they eat, their dress codes, greetings, their etiquettes, taboos, their beliefs and so on. Aspects that can help us in identifying a culture of a certain society are many and diversified and thus it would be a futile task trying to cover them in depth in a brief article like this. It is in that light thus, this article highlights only one aspect of Swahili Culture: Makuzi na Hatua za Maisha katika Utamaduni wa Kiswahili (The Upbringing and Life Stages in Swahili Culture). Both instructors and learners of Swahili as a foreign language are expected to benefit from the description of such an element of culture. The writer was driven to write on the subject by the challenges she has been facing through teaching Swahili and Swahili Culture to the foreign students. The challenges specifically were due to the lack of enough reference materials on Swahili Culture aimed for learners and instructors of Swahili as a Foreign Language. The fact that when we learn a foreign language we also learn its culture is obvious, thus having references on the culture of the native speakers of Swahili is prime in Swahili literature. This work should be taken as a catalyst for an in depth and sustainable literature on other aspects of Swahili Culture and African Culture at large.

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The aim of this brief article is to highlight one aspect of Swahili Culture, that is the aspect of Family and Kinship relations under the title: Dhana na Dhima ya Familia na Unasaba katika Utamaduni wa Kiswahili (The Concept and Role of Family and Kinship in Swahili Culture). We define Culture as the sum total of social behaviours, traditions, customs and a total way of life of a particular society. Culture looks at the regular practices of the given society such as; when or what they eat, their dress codes, greetings, their etiquettes, taboos, their beliefs and so on (Isack 2018:105). This article is the continued efforts of the writer in enriching the knowledge on Swahili Culture and African Culture at large. As we mentioned in the previous article: Makuzi na Hatua za Maisha katika Utamaduni wa Kiswahili (The Upbringing and Life Stages in Swahili Culture) (Isack 2018:105), there are challenges in the instruction of Swahili Language and its Culture to foreign learners due to the lack of enough reference materials designed for them. Thus, both instructors and learners of Swahili as a foreign language can utilize this work to narrow the current knowledge gap.