English-Kikuyu Dictionary


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Kikuyu-English Dictionary


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Swahili and Sabaki


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The Sabaki languages form a major Bantu subgroup and are spoken by 35 million East Africans in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and the Comoro Islands. The authors provide a historical/comparative treatment of Swahili (and other Sabaki languages), an account of the relationship of Swahili to Sabaki and to other Bantu languages, and some data on contemporary Sabaki languages. Data sets, appendices, maps, and figures present essential information on phonology, lexical makeup, and tense/aspect morphology. The final chapter is a synthesis describing the linguistic and historical relationship of the Sabaki dialects to each other and to hypothetical proto-stages.




Modern Gikuyu Dictionary


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Start exploring the English-language world with the help of Gikuyu! The Modern Gikuyu Dictionary is an explorer's dictionary for English and Gikuyu bilinguals to understand difficult English texts. Contains over 500 nouns, verbs and adjectives to aid fast comprehension of any Modern African English language book. Look up unfamiliar English words and get an example sentence of its usage in Gikuyu. Discover the joy of learning new things in English with help from Gikuyu. Suitable for everyone 12 years old and older.




English-Kikuyu Vocabulary


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Critical Readings in the History of Christian Mission


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This selection of texts introduces students and researchers to the multi- and interdisciplinary field of mission history. The four parts of this book acquaint the readers with methodological considerations and recurring themes in the academic study of the history of mission. Part one revolves around methods, part two documents approaches, while parts three and four consist of thematic clusters, such as mission and language, medical mission, mission and education, women and mission, mission and politics, and mission and art.Critical Readings in the History of Christian Mission is suitable for course-work and other educational purposes.




Irua


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This book contains twenty-eight traditional circumcision songs of the Kikuyu people, taperecorded in January 1972 during a celebration organized on the eve of the circumcision of a young boy from Kiambu.




Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions


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"The book also features cross-references throughout, a bibliography accompanying each entry, an elaborate appendix listing biographies according to particular categories of interest, and a comprehensive index."--BOOK JACKET.