tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80492706438645369872024-02-19T00:28:54.585-08:00what a man soweth, that he shall reap..we owe it to posterity to act against the ills of our time...or at least demonstrate that we inked our thoughts, if it helpskaperehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05413634972109258315noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049270643864536987.post-36068687440111127892011-12-21T17:24:00.000-08:002011-12-21T17:41:29.221-08:00Ganda greeting<div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >I have recently started reading "The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Baganda</span>" by John Roscoe and are being re-educated (albeit with some reservation - but that is for another day)<br /><br />I wish to differ on his account of greeting among the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">baganda</span>. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ganda</span> greeting includes a key element '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Okwaniriza</span>'. This forms the beginning of the greeting…</span></div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ganda</span> greeting usually involves two distinct parts that is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Okwaniriza</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Okulamusa</span>!</span></div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Okwaniliza</span>:</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >Visitor seen coming in…Ululations followed by words like</span> :<br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">tulabila</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">kuki</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">kabuladda</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">nga</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">tusanyuse</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">okubalaba</span><br />- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">nga</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">tubasanyukidde</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">nnyo</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">mutikule</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">abagenyi</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">eeeii</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">mukulike</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">ekubo</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">eeei</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">nantalabikalabika</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >this stage will take anywhere up to 10minutes as the guest is ushered in. Then follows </span> </div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Okulamusa</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >This stage begins with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">okugwingana</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">mubifuba</span> - observing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">obulombo</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">lombo</span>. The greeting will take on the form of:</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">banaffe</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">muli</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">bulungi</span>.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">eradde</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">maamu</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">nyoge</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">bwera</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">mirembe</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">agafa</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">eyo</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">mugyebale</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">mulimutyano</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">mubalese</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">batya</span><br /><br />It is clear demonstration that in greeting the visitor and their host will have known about the welfare of the visitor. This speaks to the fact that the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">ganda</span> culture and similar <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">bantu</span> cultures are a more relational people group and therefore the inquiry/greeting goes well beyond the simple hello <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">how'dy</span>!<br /><br /></span> </div>kaperehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05413634972109258315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049270643864536987.post-24593894875788295872009-08-06T18:12:00.000-07:002009-08-06T18:19:18.527-07:00It's Our Turn to Eat<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvC-sg0oEQMP6ygCIDLHCuBec0xjD3sfmHaWDoHBy0TIFgGI2-J2gPYAaKrC4hHuLJf1YPqELCoGTSEUVucHTVcBktgTFE9XmvaGWbZs0uyoVcm4Vj4QufWr1_VZlHRJUnPV-47sb_dg/s1600-h/It's+time.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvC-sg0oEQMP6ygCIDLHCuBec0xjD3sfmHaWDoHBy0TIFgGI2-J2gPYAaKrC4hHuLJf1YPqELCoGTSEUVucHTVcBktgTFE9XmvaGWbZs0uyoVcm4Vj4QufWr1_VZlHRJUnPV-47sb_dg/s400/It's+time.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367024659996154674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><strong>John Githongo with </strong></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" ><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Michela Wrong in London</span><br /><br /></strong></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><em>It's Our Turn to Eat</em> is the story of John Githongo, who was appointed anti-corruption chief after President Mwai Kibaki swept to power in 2002, vowing to eliminate the sleaze that had become a feature of predecessor Daniel arap Moi's regime. Githongo, an old friend, stumbled across a brand new government scandal, dubbed "Anglo Leasing". On probing, he realised his closest ministerial colleagues were involved. They expected him to turn a blind eye for one simple reason: he hailed from the same ethnic community as the "Mount Kenya Mafia", as Kibaki's coterie was known. Instead, he fled Kenya, taking with him hundreds of hours of secretly taped conversations, and eventually went public with what he knew.</span><br /><br /></div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span>kaperehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05413634972109258315noreply@blogger.com0