Browsing RP-Department of Kiswahili and African Languages by Title
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Athari ya Washairi Wakongwe Juu ya Washairi wa Kisasa: Mfano wa Muyaka Bin Haji na Ahmad Nassir
(Kioo cha Lugha, 2007)Kwakutumiavichwavyamashairi, umbo namtindo, msamiatinamaudhui, makalahiiinavitambulishabaadhiyavipengelevyausanifuvinavyopatikanakatikaushairiwaMuyakawaMuhajinajinsiambavyovipengelehivyovimeathiri, kilakimojakwakiasichake, ... -
The case for Kiswahili as a regional broadcasting language in East Africa
(The Journal of Pan African Studies, 2009-03)The peoples of East Africa have a long history of a rich and diverse regional heritage. Perhaps one of the most renowned aspects of this heritage is Kiswahili, the language widely spoken and understood across Eastern Africa. ... -
Children’s Literature Research in Kenyan Universities: Where Are We Now?
(Center for Enhancing Knowledge, UK, 2012)The history of literature written and published specifically for Kenyan children began in the 1960’s with independence from the colonial rule. Pre- colonial literature for children was oral in nature, passed down by ... -
Constraints on the Acquisition Planning of Indigenous African Languages: The Case of Kiswahili in Kenya
(2011-10-27)The paper examines the linguistic situation in Kenya and the teaching of Kiswahili in its schools. While there is widespread support for the school programme, the paper concludes that there are major problems to be overcome, ... -
A Digital Africa Kiswahili Holds the Key
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An Emic Reading of Drums of Death by Chris Lukorito Wanjala, 2009
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Harnessing our linguistic heritage for development
(Kenyatta University, 2007)Culture can be defined as the total way of life of a given community. It encompasses the economic, political, historical, linguistic, and psychological dimensions of worldcommunities. This being the case, development ... -
Historia na maendeleo ya riwayaya Kiswahili
(Kenyatta University Faculty of Arts, 1999)This paper sets out to investigate briefly the historical origin of Kiswahili prose literature a,w traces its development up to contemporary times. It notes the most important stages that the Kiswahi: novel has gone ... -
Individual Alienation and Political Oppression in Kenya as Depicted in Wahome Mutahi’s Novels
(Scholarlink Research Institute Journals, 2012)The study was an attempt to analyze how Wahome Mutahi, in a selected three of his texts, engages the political concerns of his time in Kenya. Though there is no mention of Kenya, the events featured obtained in Kenya in ... -
Influences and parallels between Persian and Kiswahili literature: some examples from alfu-lela-ulela and selected texts by Shaaban Robert
(Kenyatta University, 2007)Persian literature has influenced the development of Kiswahili literature thematically and stylistically. This is demonstrated in the works of Shaaban Robert, one of the most famous and celebrated Kiswahili writers. This ... -
Jarida la Taasisi ya Taaluma za kiswahili (Journal of the Institute of Kiswahill Studies)
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Kiswahili Dialects Endangered: The Case of Kiamu and Kimvita
(International Journal of Humanities & Social Science, 2012-09)Many commentators of Kiswahili language always indicate that Kiswahili has many dialects. Some say that Kiswahili has over 15 dialects. However, very few studies have been done to ascertain whether these dialects are still ... -
Kiswahili in the technical age: Lessons from Kenya's use of Kiswahili in the legal and parliamentary registers
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Kiswahili Poetic Aesthetics: From the General Identities to the African Prodigy
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)This article assesses the evolving Kiswahili poetry aesthetics and argues that the art is an African prodigy. It evaluates the arguments of both the conservatives and the liberals in the debate and asserts that the ... -
Kiswahili, Globalization and African Unity
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Kiswahili, Utandawazi na Umoja wa Afrika
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Lacanian psychoanalysis and reading Athol Fugard’s the blood knot
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2016)This paper examines The Blood Knot by Athol Fugard through the lens of psychoanalysis. Through close reading and content analysis of the play, it is shown that psychoanalysis, especially the post-structural version of ... -
Language and identity
(Kenyatta University, 1999)Language is primarily an essential tool for communication. People are endowed with vocal abilities so that they can pass messages and other information in verbal form whether it involves two or more participants. Language, ... -
Language attitudes and their implications for language planning in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2002)Thepaper investigates the attitudes that Kenyans have towards Kiswahili and English, two languages that have official status in Kenya. It draws its data from letters to the editors of two popular Kenyan dailies, Daily ...
