A number of Year 2 children, their families and both our teachers share an African heritage including from Nigeria, Kenya and Zimbabwe. With another of our families preparing to relocate to Kenya the children have been very excited to watch some episodes of Tinga Tinga Tales and to learn the meaning of some Swahili phrases used in the story. Swahili is a Bantu language spoken in several African countries. Here are some wonderful examples of the children’s retelling of ‘Why Elephant has a Trunk’.