A Glossary of Kalenjin Names, Terms, and Sayings
Author : Ambrose Rotich Keitany
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 15,56 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Kalenjin language
ISBN :
Modern Kalenjin Dictionary
Author : Kasahorow
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,92 MB
Release : 2019-10-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781700117854
Book Description
"Learn Kalenjin the modern way with Kalenjin kasahorow!Start exploring the modern world with Kalenjin!The Modern Kalenjin Dictionary is a Kalenjin explorer's dictionary for English language speakers.Read Modern Kalenjin confidently. Contains all the words you need to understand every book in the kasahorow Kalenjin Library.Discover the joy of learning new things in Kalenjin.Suitable for everyone 13 years old and older."
I Say to You
Author : Gabrielle Lynch
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 33,88 MB
Release : 2011-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0226498093
Book Description
In 2007 a disputed election in Kenya erupted into a two-month political crisis that led to the deaths of more than a thousand people and the displacement of almost seven hundred thousand. Much of the violence fell along ethnic lines, the principal perpetrators of which were the Kalenjin, who lashed out at other communities in the Rift Valley. What makes this episode remarkable compared to many other instances of ethnic violence is that the Kalenjin community is a recent construct: the group has only existed since the mid-twentieth century. Drawing on rich archival research and vivid oral testimony, I Say to You is a timely analysis of the creation, development, political relevance, and popular appeal of the Kalenjin identity as well as its violent potential. Uncovering the Kalenjin’s roots, Gabrielle Lynch examines the ways in which ethnic groups are socially constructed and renegotiated over time. She demonstrates how historical narratives of collective achievement, migration, injustice, and persecution constantly evolve. As a consequence, ethnic identities help politicians mobilize support and help ordinary people lay claim to space, power, and wealth. This kind of ethnic politics, Lynch reveals, encourages a sense of ethnic difference and competition, which can spiral into violent confrontation and retribution.
Mgombato
Author : Joseph Mwalonya
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,39 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Digo language
ISBN : 9783896457004
Book Description
Chirchir Is Singing
Author : Kelly Cunnane
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 31,10 MB
Release : 2011-08-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0375988742
Book Description
Chirchir just wants to make herself useful like all her other family members. But she drops Mama's water bucket, spills Kogo's tea, and sends Baba's potatoes tumbling down the hill. Isn't there something that Chirchir does best? Set in the rolling hills of rural Kenya, this is a wise and lyrical story about belonging from Kelly Cunnane, the author of the Ezra Jack Keats Award winner For You Are a Kenyan Child, accompanied by Jude Daly's beautiful folk art-style illustrations.
A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics
Author : R.L. Trask
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 39,86 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1134884206
Book Description
This dictionary of grammatical terms covers both current and traditional terminology in syntax and morphology. It includes descriptive terms, the major theoretical concepts of the most influential grammatical frameworks, and the chief terms from mathematical and computational linguistics. It contains over 1500 entries, providing definitions and examples, pronunciations, the earliest sources of terms and suggestions for further reading, and recommendations about competing and conflicting usages. The book focuses on non-theory-boumd descriptive terms, which are likely to remain current for some years. Aimed at students and teachers of linguistics, it allows a reader puzzled by a grammatical term to look it up and locate further reading with ease.
The Art of Being Human
Author : Michael Wesch
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 23,80 MB
Release : 2018-08-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781724963673
Book Description
Anthropology is the study of all humans in all times in all places. But it is so much more than that. "Anthropology requires strength, valor, and courage," Nancy Scheper-Hughes noted. "Pierre Bourdieu called anthropology a combat sport, an extreme sport as well as a tough and rigorous discipline. ... It teaches students not to be afraid of getting one's hands dirty, to get down in the dirt, and to commit yourself, body and mind. Susan Sontag called anthropology a "heroic" profession." What is the payoff for this heroic journey? You will find ideas that can carry you across rivers of doubt and over mountains of fear to find the the light and life of places forgotten. Real anthropology cannot be contained in a book. You have to go out and feel the world's jagged edges, wipe its dust from your brow, and at times, leave your blood in its soil. In this unique book, Dr. Michael Wesch shares many of his own adventures of being an anthropologist and what the science of human beings can tell us about the art of being human. This special first draft edition is a loose framework for more and more complete future chapters and writings. It serves as a companion to anth101.com, a free and open resource for instructors of cultural anthropology. This 2018 text is a revision of the "first draft edition" from 2017 and includes 7 new chapters.
The Nandi, Their Language and Folk-lore
Author : Sir Alfred Claud Hollis
Publisher :
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 44,72 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Book Description
The Misiri Legend Explored
Author : araap Sambu, Kipkoeech
Publisher : University of Nairobi Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 14,40 MB
Release : 2015-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9966792147
Book Description
How can a black people, who do not even profess to Islam, claim to have originated from Egypt, which is such an Arabic and Islamic geographical setting? But the Kalenjiin people of Kenya have held on fast to a tradition that their ancestors in antiquity were part of ancient Pharaonic Egypt, which they variously call Tto and Misiri. As unlikely as it may sound, the persistence in keeping this oral tradition alive does not seem to be dying with time and distance from the claimed place of origin. The Misiri Legend Explored: A Linguistic Inquiry into the Kalenjiin People's Oral Tradition of Ancient Egyptian Originestablishes the Kalenjin oral tradition of Misirian origin on the basis of linguistic evidence - a genuine tool which Egyptology scholars and researchers need to have relied on much more to bring greater and more final results to their investigations. Students of ancient Egypt willing to accept that there is an irrational prejudice against the concept of ancient black African ingenuity will upgrade their stock of knowledge regarding ancient Egypt with the numerous discoveries laid out here. They will discover a powerful new tool for their trade in the form of the African languages and cultures that now lie South of the Sahara.
A Dictionary of Language
Author : David Crystal
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 23,95 MB
Release : 2001-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226122038
Book Description
No ordinary dictionary, David Crystal's Dictionary of Language includes not only descriptions of hundreds of languages literally from A to Z (Abkhaz to Zyryan) and definitions of literary and grammatical concepts, but also explanations of terms used in linguistics, language teaching, and speech pathology. If you are wondering how many people speak Macedonian, Malay, or Makua, or if you're curious about various theories of the origins of language, or if you were always unsure of the difference between structuralism, semiotics, and sociolinguistics, this superbly authoritative dictionary will answer all of your questions and hundred of others.
