Download or read book Zambian Traditional Names written by Mwizenge Tembo and published by Julubbi Enterprises Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Zambian Names TM written by Chanda Penda and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-14 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 7000 personal names drawn from about 30 of Zambia's 73 languages and dialects across all ten provinces including their meanings and, in some cases, pronunciation and brief backgrounds in preservation of indigenous cultural knowledge. The continuous lifelong research has been adopted by the House of Chiefs, with some traditional leaders contributing to its expansion, and has currently about double the initial published volume of names. Due to enormous similarities of names in Central Africa, this work has brought researchers together to work on regional volumes of the Encyclopedia. SYNOPSISGrinding all the indigenous Zambian names in the spirit of national unity, as roasted ground nuts with mortar and pestle, forms one attractive and closely related culture. Regarding naming rites in Zambia, there is a fine line between our traditions and the Hindu theology of reincarnation. Zambian names are more centered on religious, environmental and socioeconomic activities that politics.Ngoma (Eastern, Northern), Goma (Eastern), Hangoma (Southern), Kamungoma (Western), Kaoma, Mondo (Luapula, Northern), Kamangu (Eastern) or Mwondo (Northwestern) are perhaps the most powerful, or at least among the most powerful traditional names in Zambia. The non expanded meaning of 'Ngoma' is 'drum'. The power of drums can be likened to that of the media today. Furthermore, besides being a powerful tool for mass communication, drums played a crucial role in upholding the spirituality of a community.In fact, Ngoma is an institution, or rather, a stronghold for much of the COMESA region and its influence goes beyond the continent. It infiltrates every stratum of society in some regions and is also referred to as 'the African Rhythm'
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Zambian Names written by Chanda Penda and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zambia Official Standard Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names written by United States. Geographic Names Division and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Satisfying Zambian Hunger for Culture written by Mwizenge S. Tembo and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southern African country of Zambia with 72 tribes has experienced tremendous social turmoil during the last 48 years. The 13 million citizens migrated into the cities and professionals immigrated and scattered abroad in a growing Diaspora. The diversity of the Zambian society and globalization has created a cultural crisis. Satisfying Zambian Hunger for Culture discusses social and political history, gender rites of passage, food, religion, witchcraft, and recommendations for contemporary life in the 21st century. The17 chapter book puts the diverse Zambian African tribal customs, culture and technology into the modern digital age.
Download or read book The African Book of Names written by Askhari Johnson Hodari and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an author who adopted an African name as an adult comes the most inclusive book of African names. Obama, Iman, Kanye, Laila—authentic African names are appearing more often in nurseries, classrooms, and boardrooms. The African Book of Names offers readers more than 5,000 common and uncommon names organized by theme from 37 countries and at least 70 different ethnolinguistic groups. Destined to become a classic keepsake, The African Book of Names shares in-depth insight about the spiritual, social, and political importance of names from Angola to Zimbabwe. As the most far-reaching book on the subject, this timely and informative resource guide vibrates with the culture of Africa and encourages Blacks across the globe to affirm their African origins by selecting African names. In addition to thousands of names from north, south, east, central and west Africa, the book shares: A checklist of dos and don'ts to consider when choosing a name—from sound and rhythm to origin and meaning A guide to conducting your own African-centered naming ceremony A 200-year naming calendar
Download or read book Some Bemba Names and Their Meanings written by Mulenga Kapwepwe and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zambian Plants written by Dennis G. Fowler and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2007 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zambian plants: their vernacular names and uses is a comprehensive list of vernacular names used by the millions of rural Zambians who rely on bush products in their everyday lives. It is also the most comprehensive review of the uses of Zambian plants ever published, listing some 8,181 examples of plant use. Even in this technological age, it is worth remembering that 65% of the drugs that we use in treating cancer are derived from plants. There may well be effective cures in this book that have not yet found wide use, and deserve to do so. This book will be of great value to a wide ranging audience, including = botanists, conservationists, foresters, agriculturalists, pharmacologists, economists, teachers and students.
Download or read book Zambia Official Standard Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names written by United States. Geographic Names Division and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Names from Africa written by Ogonna Chuks-orji and published by Johnson Publishing Company (IL). This book was released on 1972 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The giving of names is of great importance in Africa. People are named after events, happenings, great things, the days of the week, or the order in which they were born. For example, if a couple had long wanted a son, in Nigeria they may call him "Ayinde" (Yoruba), meaning the one we prayed for. In Ghana, if a boy is born on Saturday he is called "Kwame" (Akan). In Tanzania, the second born of twins will be called "Doto" (Zaramo). People have asked me whether names like James, Gary, or Francis could be translated into African form. There is no direct translation from English names to African, but if we go back to the original meaning of an English name, we can often find an African equivalent. For example, the English Theodore and the Ibo "Okechuku" both mean "God's gift."--From preface.
Download or read book Annual Report written by United National Independence Party (Zambia). National Guidance and Culture Division and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What Does Your African Name Mean written by Mwizenge Tembo and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Dictionary of Popular Bali Names written by John Koyela Fokwang and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2010 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dictionary of Popular Bali Names is an exceptional minefield of Chamba names, meticulously assembled and expatiated for the curious user. As a pioneer in the field of dictionary-writing in the Cameroon grassfields, Fokwangís third edition counts for more than a regular dictionary. It skilfully combines a short history of the Chamba people in Cameroon as well as ethnographic issues on the naming ritual. John Fokwangís work stands in a class of its own and will serve as reference material for people of Chamba descent and those who favour the use of African names in general. This edition is an exceptionally worthy contribution to the ethnography of the Cameroon grassfields and of course, the growing literature and interest on African names and languages.
Download or read book Language in Zambia written by Sirarpi Ohannessian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-20 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1978, this volume is divided into 3 parts. Part 1 presents an overview of the linguistic situation in Zambia: who speaks which languages, where they are spoken, what these languages are like. Special emphasis is given to the extensive survey of the languages of the Kafue basin, where extensive changes and relocations have taken place. Part 2 is on language use: patterns of competence and of extension for certain languages in urban settings, configurations of comprehension across language boundaries, how selected groups of multilinguals employ each of their languages and for what purposes, what languages are used in radio and television broadcasting and how decisions to use or not use a language are made. Part 3 involves language and formal education: what languages, Zambian and foreign, are used at various levels int he schools, which are taught, with what curricula, methods, how teachers are trained, how issues such as adult literacy are approached and with what success.
Download or read book A Handbook of African Names written by Ihechukwu Madubuike and published by Three Continents. This book was released on 1976 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zambia s Initial and First Report on the Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Storytelling in Northern Zambia written by Robert Cancel and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling plays an important part in the vibrant cultural life of Zambia and in many other communities across Africa. This innovative book provides a collection and analysis of oral narrative traditions as practiced by five Bemba-speaking ethnic groups in Zambia. The integration of newly digitalised audio and video recordings into the text enables the reader to encounter the storytellers themselves and hear their narratives. Robert Cancel's thorough critical interpretation, combined with these newly digitalised audio and video materials, makes Storytelling in Northern Zambia a much needed addition to the slender corpus of African folklore studies that deal with storytelling performance. Cancel threads his way between the complex demands of African fieldwork studies, folklore theory, narrative modes, reflexive description and simple documentation and succeeds in bringing to the reader a set of performers and their performances that are vivid, varied and instructive. He illustrates this living narrative tradition with a wide range of examples, and highlights the social status of narrators and the complex local identities that are at play. Cancel's study tells us not only about storytelling but sheds light on the study of oral literatures throughout Africa and beyond. Its innovative format, meanwhile, explores new directions in the integration of primary source material into scholarly texts. This book is the third volume in the World Oral Literature Series, developed in conjunction with the World Oral Literature Project.
