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New Roles for African Languages with the New Electronic Media [PDF]

, 2005
Mass communication is not new in Africa. Until the mid-20th century aural surrogate languages were used to convey messages which would immediately reach many listeners and which could even be transmitted when the telephone line was interrupted, in ...
Pasch, Helma
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Multilingual assessment of early child development: Analyses from repeated observations of children in Kenya. [PDF]

, 2019
In many low- and middle-income countries, young children learn a mother tongue or indigenous language at home before entering the formal education system where they will need to understand and speak a countrys official language(s).
Ball J., Burger A., Capen C. A., Cummins J., Demuth K., Dunn L. M., Dunn L. M., Fernald L. C., Gibson T. A., Kariger P., Knauer H. A., Konsonen K., Lewis M. P., Manyonyi J., UNESCO, UNESCO, Uwezo, Van De Vijver F. J. R., Waithaka E. N.   +18 more
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What Is ‘Old’ in Old Age? An Inquiry into Swahili Paremia

Nordic Journal of African Studies
This article is about gerontological proverbs in Swahili folkloric discourses. The question posed in this study is as follows: how is old age depicted according to Swahili paremiology?
Ahmad Kipacha
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Transnational Family Separation on Parenting and Psychosocial Well‐Being for Black African Migrant Parents in Hamilton

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In light of increased migration from sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) to Hamilton in the past 5 years, this qualitative study explores the experiences of Black African migrant parents resettling in Hamilton, Canada. Using semi‐structured interviews and thematic analysis, four key themes emerged: (1) impact of migration and family separation stress on ...
Tsinat Semagn, Ingrid Waldron, Allison Williams, Olive Wahoush   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oh, you, bird [PDF]

, 2003
Ngoma (a Swahili word which literally means ‘drum’) are happenings during which music, dance and song act together to realize performances related to the most important rites of the Swahili communities’ cycle of social life.
Merolla, Daniela
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Lexikos at eighteen: an analysis [PDF]

, 2009
At eighteen, Lexikos became a major player in the field of linguistics, by being awarded an Impact Factor. This article presents a double analysis of the foundation that led to this success. On the one hand a thorough statistical study is undertaken with
de Schryver, Gilles-Maurice
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Swahili personality-trait vocabulary: A psycho-lexical study using dictionary and day-to-day conversations by indigenous speakers

International Journal of Personality Psychology
Human social behavior is a function of peoples’ personalities and individual differences. As humans engage in social behaviors, peoples’ traits and other unique attributes come out and get noticed, and community members may feel tempted to talk about ...
Harrun H. Garrashi, Boele De Raad, Dick P.H. Barelds   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating the In‐Laws: Class and Kin Support Within Marriage in Urban Kenya

Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study compares affinal kin relationships in low‐income and higher‐income families in Nairobi, Kenya. Background In most studies of kinship structure and relationships in sub‐Saharan Africa, culture serves as the basis upon which norms and expectations of kin are differentiated.
Kirsten Stoebenau, Nikita Viswasam, Estelle M. Sidze, Sangeetha Madhavan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performing Empire: Theater and Colonialism in Caroline Link's Nirgendwo in Afrika [PDF]

, 2020
In Caroline Link's popular 2001 film Nirgendwo in Afrika, a Jewish family fleeing the Holocaust finds refuge in British-controlled Kenya. Theater plays a crucial role in the film: Members of the Redlich family explicitly call upon one another to engage ...
Erickson, Peter
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Descolonizando Decolonizing Linguistics, or the Perils of Refusing Pero no Mucho

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
Kakaretso Tshekatsheko eno e e tseneletseng ya Decolonizing Linguistics e baya kgatiso eno mo gare ga dikganetsano tsa Amerika Borwa ka ga sekolone go botsolotsa melelwane ya dipuisano tsa segompieno tsa go tlosa bokolone mo thutapuong ya Seesemane. Ke ikaegile ka tshekatsheko ya ga Cusicanqui ya mogopolo wa go ganetsa sekolone, le mogopolo wa ga Bispo,
Rodrigo Borba
wiley   +1 more source