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 |