Research Catalog

Title

Mazungumzo ya baba zetu. Kitabu cha kwanza / kimetungwa na David Semkiwa.

Author

Semkiwa, David.

Publication

Dar es Salaam : Oxford University Press, 1971-

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Description

vii, 52 pages; 18 cm.

Summary

• Kitabu hiki kimekusanya hadithi tisa za kienyeji ambazo wazee huwasimulia watoto wao mara kwa mara.
• This book contains nine stories that local elders recounted to their children regularly.

Series Statement

Mazungumzo ya baba zetu ; bk. 1

Uniform Title

Mazungumzo ya baba zetu ; bk. 1.

Alternative Title

Tales of our forefathers

Subjects

• Animals
• Folklore
• Fables, Swahili
• Africa, East
• Animals > Folklore
• Folklore > Africa
• Tales > Tanzania
• Tales > Africa, East
• Readers
• Folk literature, Swahili
• Fables, African
• Folklore > Tanzania
• Africa
• Oral tradition > Tanzania
• Swahili-speaking peoples > Folklore
• Tanzania
• Swahili language > Readers
• Tales, Swahili

Genre/Form

• Folklore.
• Readers (Publications)

Note

• Includes comprehension exercises at the end of each chapter.

Language (note)

• Text in Swahili.

Contents

Mwewe na kuku = Hawk and Rooster -- Kanga, kuku na jogoo = Guineafowl, chicken and rooster -- Mfalme wa ndege = King of the birds -- Yambi na mkia wa fisi = The old woman and the hyena's tail -- Malenge na Manenge = Malenge and Manenge -- Mikasa ya dunia = World disasters -- Monika Mjane = Widow Monika -- Mchimba kisima huingia mwenyewe = He who digs a well, gets himself caught inside -- Siri ya maisha marefu = Secrets of longevity.

ISBN

• 019572187X
• 9780195721874

OCLC

• 852411276
• SCSB-2375799

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries