Sisikii

I’m doing a paper on Swahili culture at the moment; yeh I know it has nothing to do with my major, but I sounded interesting. I got to thinking about how Bantu languages have evolved over the years; what kyuk must have sounded like 100 years ago…I then thought about my relationship(or lack of) with my great-grandmother. It’s sad that we can’t communicate due to the fact that I don’t speak Kimbeere, and she doesn’t speak Swa. The look of disappointment I get every time she give me her words of wisdom, go hand in hand with the feeling of guilt that I, a ‘whole Mumbeere’ cannot speak my own language. As I shun away from this encounter, i come across this:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/69

To see this happen in my own shags cuts me deep. So now, what is there to do?

Malaika - Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba

Mashairi - Ukoo Flani Mau Mau