Nimebadilika 2011

Nimebadilika 2011
Author: Dardanus Mfalme
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2011-10-26
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1462051103

'Nimebadilika 2011' is the book with over a hundred pages of modern Swahili poems from the best Swahili writer of our time. The ability of this champion writer of playing with language by mixing proper Swahili and Swahili slang while maintaining values of poetry is what makes this book unique and interesting. In the Malumbano section of this book, the writer is debating through poems with other writers including Shehe Hadji Saeedia, Stephen S. Mkoloma, Sharifa Bakari, Linda Ndalu, Ndugu Chilewa, Omari Njenje and Ndugu Mgimba. On last pages of this book, the writer put a Swahili slang dictionary so as for those who dont understand Swahili slang to get full entertainment when reading this book.

Igituba

Igituba
Author: Bangambiki Habyarimana
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2015-02-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781508649243

Songs of African Fathers

Songs of African Fathers
Author: Mniko Chacha
Publisher:
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2018-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9789976532234

Inside the book there is a plenty wisdom from first African presidents written in poetic styles, I call these presidents 'African Fathers' for they played a great role in shaping the next generation of Africans and other people all over the world. The following is a few number of the best poems of this book. 'A tale of tax collector' and 'Fat crocodiles' are poems written in figurative language and easy understood for they tell about hypocrite leaders who were so skinny before attaining political power but soon after we gave them power they steal public money and eat them for the sake of being fat, yes! They become fat crocodiles. 'Songs of African Fathers' is a poem which tells about the wisdom of first African Presidents to our world. 'Fifty fifty movement' is a poem which tells about the position of women in developing countries, a woman is described as a revolutionist or a life changer. Get your a copy, get a plenty of wisdom.

The Story of Swahili

The Story of Swahili
Author: John M. Mugane
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0896804895

Swahili was once an obscure dialect of an East African Bantu language. Today more than one hundred million people use it: Swahili is to eastern and central Africa what English is to the world. From its embrace in the 1960s by the black freedom movement in the United States to its adoption in 2004 as the African Union’s official language, Swahili has become a truly international language. How this came about and why, of all African languages, it happened only to Swahili is the story that John M. Mugane sets out to explore. The remarkable adaptability of Swahili has allowed Africans and others to tailor the language to their needs, extending its influence far beyond its place of origin. Its symbolic as well as its practical power has evolved from its status as a language of contact among diverse cultures, even as it embodies the history of communities in eastern and central Africa and throughout the Indian Ocean world. The Story of Swahili calls for a reevaluation of the widespread assumption that cultural superiority, military conquest, and economic dominance determine a language’s prosperity. This sweeping history gives a vibrant, living language its due, highlighting its nimbleness from its beginnings to its place today in the fast-changing world of global communication.

The Battle of Identity

The Battle of Identity
Author: Emmanuel O. Afolabi
Publisher: XinXii
Total Pages: 45
Release: 2015-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3960281145

'The Battle of Identity' is all about how to regain our past glory, honor and authority to rule and reign over every circumstance around us, because man was created to have dominion and to excel in whatsoever he does, hence we're born to rule, but the setback can be recovered. The Book enumerated the principles to recover that which is lost and enter into the divine covenant originally meant for man, by humility and fear of God that will avail tributes blessings of riches, honor and long life as stated in Proverbs 22:4. The book further revealed that there is no solution to the jigsaw puzzle of our lives called 'difficult' hence we must learn to hear from God first before we embark the journey of our lives else we may end up on a wild-goose chase that produce nothing. The Battle of our Identity may appear difficult, we are however not alone, we have God's assurance of His presence in our journey of life. When we think we are all alone He watches over us.

A Son of Two Countries

A Son of Two Countries
Author: Rubagumya, Casmir M.
Publisher: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2018-09-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 9987753450

A Son of Two Countries is a story of struggle for education. Born in 1946 in Rwanda under Belgian colonial rule, the author recounts his early education in Rwanda and later as a refugee in Tanzania. He was naturalized as a Tanzanian citizen in 1980 while doing his undergraduate studies at the University of Dar es Salaam. As he struggled to get education, the author was also grappling with his refugee status, with all the challenges that it entailed. The book gives insights into the contradictions of colonial and post-colonial education, as well as the author’s reflections on education in Tanzania, given his long experience in the education sector in that country. Finally, we get some glimpses into the dual identity of the author as a Tanzanian citizen of Rwandan origin and how this shaped his relationship with the two countries he calls home. As he aptly puts it, “Rwanda gave me my heart; Tanzania gave me my brain. I find it difficult to choose between my heart and my brain”.

Ninang'atuka 2014

Ninang'atuka 2014
Author: Dardanus Mfalme
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2013-12-26
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1483689646

Ni kitabu chanye hazina ya mashairi yaliyotungwa na mtunzi aliyebobea katika fani ya utunzi wa nyimbo, tenzi na mashairi. Mtunzi wa kitabu ametunga tungo za kitabu hiki akifuata na kulinda maadili ya lugha ya Kiswahili kwa malengo ya kuelimisha, kuburudisha na kufundisha jamii zote. Usomapo kitabu hiki utapata uhondo kamili wa lugha ya Kiswahili kwani mtunzi wa kitabu ametumia maneno ya Kiswahili sanifu, Kiswahili cha mitaani na maneno aliyoyatohoa kutoka lugha mbali mbali ambayo hutumiwa kwa wingi mitaani. Katika kurasa za mwisho za kitabu hiki, mtunzi ameweka kamusi ya Kiswahili cha mitaani ili wale wasioelewa Kiswahili cha mitaani waweze kupata burudani kamili wanaposoma ama wanapoimba mashairi yake.

Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate Levels

Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate Levels
Author: Oswald Almasi
Publisher: University Press of America
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2014-09-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0761863826

This book is intended for university students and anyone interested in learning Standard Swahili grammar as spoken in the East African Community of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. The most comprehensive grammar book currently available, some of the concepts covered in this book are greetings, numerals, telling the time, the Noun Class system, simple tenses such the past, present and future, adjectives and possessives. The book then progresses to more complex concepts such as Direct and Reported Speech, various verb typologies, other tenses, prepositions and conjunctions, adverbs and relative pronouns. Each chapter includes many examples and sample sentences, easy to read charts, practice questions, answers to the practice questions, and a list of new vocabulary used within the chapter. On completing this book, the reader will be able to read, write and converse in Swahili with confidence.