Kikuyu Botanical Dictionary
Author: Francis Norman Gachathi
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13:
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Luo Biological Dictionary
Author: J. O. Kokwaro
Publisher: East African Publishers
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9789966468413
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis highly illustrated and definitive dictionary, by two renowned biologists - one Kenyan, one Canadian - contains extensive coverage of the flora, fauna and animals of the Lake Victoria region of East Africa occupied by the Luo community, and is based on ten years of research by the authors. It is an expansion of the 1972 publication Luo-English Botanical Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Uses and now provides more botanical entries and an additional section consisting of a zoological dictionary. The individual entry comprises Luo terminology, its botanical/zoological equivalent, common name (when applicable), physical description, its prevalence, and its respective economic use.
Irua
Author: Valeer Neckebrouck
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9789061869184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book contains twenty-eight traditional circumcision songs of the Kikuyu people, taperecorded in January 1972 during a celebration organized on the eve of the circumcision of a young boy from Kiambu.
The Oxford Handbook of African Languages
Author: Rainer Vossen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 1104
ISBN-13: 0199609896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUne source inconnue indique : "This book provides a comprehensive overview of current research in African languages, drawing on insights from anthropological linguistics, typology, historical and comparative linguistics, and sociolinguistics. It covers a wide range of topics, from grammatical sketches of individual languages to sociocultural and extralinguistic issues."
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names
Author: Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-11-22
Total Pages: 738
ISBN-13: 1351457128
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA reference covering over 22,000 genre of plants and thousands of species. Included are the botanical names, synonyms, homonyms, and the vernacular and trade names of the commonly accepted generic names.
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World - Africa Volume 3
Author: Mohamed Neffati
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-09-07
Total Pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9402411208
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume in the series is devoted to Africa, a continent that possesses a vast treasure of medicinal plants and has produced some exclusive materials for the world market. This volume is expected to strengthen the medicinal plant sector in African countries by making comprehensive information on medicinal and aromatic plants available to policy-makers and entrepreneurs. It can be used to frame effective policies and create an environment conducive to the growth of the plant-based medicine industry, bringing economic benefit to African nations. It will help health organizations to improve the health of their people by using their own resources and a less expensive system of medicine, which is accepted by African society. It could also lead scientific communities to increase R&D activities in the field.
Ethnobotany of the Himalayas
Author: Ripu M. Kunwar
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-07-29
Total Pages: 2107
ISBN-13: 3030574083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKResearch in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development. It has by now widely been recognized that “traditional” knowledge is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. Trends of globalization, especially the globalization of plant markets, have greatly influenced how plant resources are managed nowadays. While ethnobotanical studies are now available from many regions of the world, no comprehensive encyclopedic series focusing on the worlds mountain regions is available in the market. Scholars in plant sciences worldwide will be interested in this website and its dynamic content. The field (and thus the market) of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology has grown considerably in recent years. Student interest is on the rise, attendance at professional conferences has grown steadily, and the number of professionals calling themselves ethnobotanists has increased significantly (the various societies, like the Society for Economic Botany, the International Society of Ethnopharmacology, the Society of Ethnobiology, and the International Society for Ethnobiology currently have thousands of members). Growth has been most robust in BRIC countries. This new MRW on Ethnobotany of the Himalayas takes advantage of the increasing international interest and scholarship in the field of mountain research. It includes the best and latest research on a full range of descriptive, methodological, theoretical, and applied research on the most important plants in the Himalayas. Each contribution is scientifically rigorous and contributes to the overall field of study.
Dictionary of Dictionaries and Eminent Encyclopedias
Author: Thomas Kabdebo
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnlarged by some 50 percent and equipped with more comprehensive name and subject indexes, the second edition of this unique guide contains bibliographic and descriptive annotations for 8,000 dictionaries. It features 1,500 additional bilingual works, 400 new subject categories, and all the major electronic dictionaries produced in English. While the primary emphasis is on language dictionaries, subject dictionaries on topics as varied as ceramics, bookbinding, and theatre as well as dictionaries issued by international bodies and agencies are included. Covering all the world's languages, works may be bilingual, monolingual, or multilingual as long as there is an English element.
The Missionary Movement in Colonial Kenya
Author: James Karanja
Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 3867278563
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIndigenous Languages and Indigenous Knowledge in East Africa
Author: Esther Mukewa Lisanza
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2024-09-11
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 1666914215
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Indigenous Languages and Indigenous Knowledge in East Africa: Swahili, Kikuyu, and Kamba, Esther Mukewa Lisanza and Catherine Mwihaki Ndungo argue that African languages and indigenous knowledge forms are the tools which have made African communities such as Swahili, Kikuyu, and Kamba thrive for generations. Using interviews and research data, this book investigates the following questions: what is the nature and role of multilingualism in East Africa?; what role do herbs and indigenous foods play in Swahili, Kamba, and Kikuyu communities?; how are the communities governed indigenously?; and what is the connection between indigenous languages and knowledge? The findings presented within this study have demonstrated that multilingualism is a great resource in East Africa as many have prided themselves on their multilingual abilities within their education, careers, and cultures. Although these languages have been identified as carriers of indigenous governance, judiciary, and herbal medicine that have survived for generations, Lisanza and Ndungo advocate for policies and education systems to recenter these indigenous languages and their accompanying indigenous knowledge forms and practices once the older generations have passed on.
