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Mzungu (pronounced [m̩ˈzuŋɡu]), also known as muzungu, mlungu, musungu or musongo, is a Bantu word that means "wanderer" originally pertaining to the first European explorers to the East African region whom the local ethnic groups thought were traveling aimlessly with no goals to settle, conquer or trade, like restless spirits – the initial explorers who unbeknownst to the local tribes ...
Popobawa, also Popo Bawa, is the name of an evil spirit or shetani, [1] which is believed by residents of Zanzibar to have first appeared on the Tanzanian island of Pemba.In 1995, it was the focus of a major outbreak of mass hysteria or panic which spread from Pemba to Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, and across to Dar es Salaam and other urban centres on the East African ...
Amharic-language names (73 P) Arabic-language surnames (5 C, 758 P) B. Bambara-language surnames (2 P) Bantu-language surnames (7 C, 65 P) ... Swahili-language ...
It appears that "Dschagga" was the general name given to the entire mountainous region by distant residents who had cause to describe it, and that when the European traveler arrived there, his Swahili guide used "Dischagga" to describe other portions to him in general rather than giving him specific names. For instance, Rebmann on his second ...
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Category: Swahili-language surnames. 2 languages. ... Kobe (given name) S. Shabani; Shamasdin This page was last edited on 18 September 2023, at 01:14 ...
jumbo – from Swahili (jambo "hello" or from Kongo nzamba "elephant") [13] kalimba; Kwanzaa – a recent coinage (Maulana Karenga 1965) for the name of an African American holiday, abstracted from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning "first fruits [of the harvest]" kwashiorkor – from Ga language, coastal Ghana, meaning "swollen stomach"
The term Kisii, however, has no meaning in the Ekegusii language. [9] In the Swahili language, the singular form is Mkisii and the plural form is Wakisii; the Swahili name for the Ekegusii language is Kikisii. The term is now popularly used in Kenya to refer to Abagusii people. [9]