|
barazas |
gatherings |
|
bhang |
marijuana |
|
boko |
daughter |
|
boma |
homestead/fenced area where animals are kept |
|
busaa |
traditional brew (beer) |
|
chang'aa |
illicit/local home-made millet brew (beer) |
|
efisi |
black antelope |
|
gorogoro |
2kg tin - standard measure for selling grain |
|
harambee |
joint self-help initiative/pulling together |
|
jembe |
hoe |
|
jiko |
stove |
|
kureba |
Bukusu - 'who is it?' |
|
laibon |
prophet/medicine-man |
|
leso |
piece of cloth (used by women) |
|
Maendeleo ya Wanawake |
Local NGO addressing women's concerns |
|
manambas |
conductors in small commuter vehicles |
|
matatu |
small commuter vehicles |
|
matunda ya uhuru |
'fruit of freedom' |
|
merry-go-rounds |
rotating credit-schemes |
|
mikatis |
loaves of bread |
|
morans |
men |
|
mukhwasi |
brother-in-law |
|
murram |
tough, clayey gravel used as road metal. |
|
Mzee |
literally 'old man' - term of respectful address |
|
mzungu/wazungu |
whites |
|
pangas |
swords |
|
the Pan paper people |
People working at a large paper milling factory (Pan Paper |
|
parastatals |
state corporations |
|
shamba |
garden |
|
shindi |
shields |
|
sufurias |
pans/pots |
|
teriet |
a mountain |
|
ugali |
food stuff made with maize/sorghum flour in hot water |
|
wazees |
elders |
|
wimbi |
finger millet |
