BACKGROUND
introducing the area

LOCAL THEMES
agriculture
communications
conflict
culture and customs
development
education
environment
family life
gender
health
history
identity
land
livestock
politics
population
social change
social relationships
spiritual beliefs

glossary of local terms

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