continent. The rest of Tanzania is entirely Bantu-speaking; in fact ninety-five per cent of present Tanzanians are born into families speaking one or another of a hundred or more Bantu dialects. The Arabs who settled along the coast were assimilated into Swahili with the increased contact between the coast and the interior in the 19th century and fully integrated in the 20th century. The early visitors into Tanzania were mainly the Arabs from Oman‚ Muscat and other parts of Arabian Peninsula. These early
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lingua franca or otherwise known as a global language. The term lingua franca (plural lingue franche or lingua francas) is used to refer to any form of language that serves as a means of communication among different language speakers‚ for example‚ Swahili in East and Central Africa or English worldwide. The terms ‘common language’ and ‘auxiliary language’ are also used to refer to such a language. (Mesthire‚ 2001: 503) The term itself originates from the French language‚ it originally referred to a
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shackles of colonialism and that it was two ways‚ personal and social. Personal in the sense that the individual must develop himself‚ hence self-reliance. The foundation of Nyerere’s political philosophy was the principle of Ujamaa‚ derived from the Swahili word for extended family or ‘Family hood’‚ which was first articulated by Nyerere at Arusha popularly termed as ‘The Declaration of Arusha’ on the 5th of February‚1967.Here the term socialism was taken to mean basically ‘an attitude of mind’. To him
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FLOSI Chapter 6: The Rise and Spread of Islam READ and answer the PROMPTS on Ch 6 (pgs 126-149) You are required to read all of Chapter 6 and answer the questions or prompts. When answering a question or prompt please make sure you have a heading and that you explain your answers completely. Answers may be given in paragraph or bullet form. You may type your responses. Pre-Islamic Arabian World 1) Explain the life of the Bedouin people. Discuss culture and daily life 2) Explain
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APWH Chapter 26 Essay From 1450 - 1750‚ the development of the Atlantic trade impacted participating civilizations by increasing interactions between slaves and Europeans as seen in documents 3‚ 4‚ 7‚ 5‚ and 8. An increase of good distributed around the world causing an economic boom shown in 1‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 8‚ and 6‚ artificially where the moneyed interest of Europeans affected the way their lives were portrayed to the world from documents 2 and 9. Additional documents to improve the given information
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though the men are slaves to the merchants since they have to sell the merchants’ goods. When his travels take him to Mombasa‚ he isn’t too impressed of the island. The island‚ according to him has to have a great deal of food and supplies sent in by Swahili. Battuta is very interested in the character of the people he comes across or hears of. He makes a note of the generosity of the
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Indian Ocean commerce after the rise of Islam in the 7th century? Arab Empire: Middle East: Muslim merchants: Mesopotamia/East Africa : 6. What was the importance of Srivijaya? 7. What were the economic and cultural roles of the Swahili civilization in the world of Indian Ocean trade? 8. Trans-African trade was rooted in environmental variation. For instance‚ The great Sahara held… The savanna grasslands immediately south of the Sahara produced… And the forest areas farther
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language of the Quran. English words from Arabic * Admiral‚ alchemy‚ alcohol‚ algebra‚ algorithm‚ almanac‚ arsenal‚ lemon‚ lute‚ sugar‚ cotton Languages influenced by Arabic * Berber‚ kurdish‚ persian‚ spanish‚ portuguese‚ catalan‚ swahili(East Africa)‚ urdu‚ hindi‚ hausa(West Africa)‚ punjabi‚ turkish‚ malay Arabic is a Semitic Language (SL are spoken in the Middle East‚ North Africa and the Horn of Africa.) One of the oldest languages. Unique characteristics (phonology‚ morphology
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The Mutapa State was established in the 15th century following the decline of the Great Zimbabwe State. The Mutapa state was located on the Northern part of modern day Zimbabwe. The kingdom of Mutapa is said to have stretched between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. According to oral tradition the first “mwene” was a warrior prince Nyatsimbamutota from Great Zimbabwe who was sent to find new sources of salt in the north. Prince Mutota found his salt among the Tavara. They were conquered because of
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Background information The only serving public health facility in the division‚ Westlands health centre was opened in 1974 and was launched by the MP of parklands Dr. Njoroge Mungai. It is a nonprofit organization and is located in Nairobi province‚ Westlands district and parklands division. The nursing officer who is in change‚ controls and manages the centre’s activities is Mr. Jared. The services that the centre provides are the following: - • Outpatient section – This is where the patients
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