#sungura

[hontokana]

James Chimombe and the Huchi Band - Jemedza Region: Zimbabwe / Style: Sungura / Year: 1990 LOVED

[songofwizardry]

It's speak your language day! I have some fun facts on Kiswahili! Translation under the cut.

Leo hapa Tumblr ni siku ya kuongea lugha yako ya kwanza (inaitwa speak your language day)! Kuisherehekea siku hii, nilitaka ku shiriki nanyinyi nyote semi chache za Kiswahili. Kiswahili ina utajiri nyingi ya mapokeo ya mdomo, na kuna desturi na historia ndefu ya kusimulia mahadithi, kutega vitendawili, n.k.

Kwa mfano, ukitaka kusimulia hadithi, unaanza hivyo:

Msimulizi: Hadithi hadithi!

Hadhira: Hadithi njoo, uongo njoo, utamu kolea!

Msimulizi: Zamani za kale...

Hadithi zinazosimuliwa mara kwa mara ni hadithi za wanyama wa porini: sungura mjanja, mfalme simba, fisi, na kadhalika; hadithi kama hizi zinapatikana katika nchi nyingi za Kiafrika.

Vitendawili ni semi zinazotegwa, na watu wanatakiwa wazifumbulie. Watu wanaoongea Kiswahili kawaida wanajua vitendawili vingi, kwasababu tunazifunza katika shule ya msingi—mi mwenyewe nakumbuka nilipokuwa katika darasa la saba, kabla ya mtihani ya taifa, nilikaa ninakariri vitendawili kama arobaini! Vitendawili vinachekesha na vinachemsha bongo, kwa mfano:

"Askari wangu ni mpole lakini adui wanamhara." (Jibu: paka)

"Tajiri wa rangi." (Jibu: kinyonga)

"Numba yango ina nuguzo mmoja." (Jibu: uyoga)

"Mzungu katoka ulaya no mkono kiunoni." (Jibu: kikombe)

Kwa ukweli mi mwenyewe nimeaanza kusahau vitendawili vingine—lakini zinapatikana ukiGoogle siku hizi!

Kiswahili ni lugha yenye historia, desturi, na vipengele vingi vya kuvutia—siwezi kuziandika zote hapa, lakini kwa mfano, muda ya Kiswahili ("swahili time"), ngeli za nomino, historia ya uandikishi wa Kiswahili (kuanza na harufi za Kiarabu), na ilivyotengenezwa 'lingua franca' katika Tanzania, na lugha ya taifa baada ya uhuru. Natumaini mtafunza kidogo kuhusu lugha ya Kiswahili leo—usiache baada ya kujua 'Hakuna Matata' tu!

(Kama nimokesea sarufi, samahani sana! Siku hizi siandiki kwa Kiswahili kwa kawaida.)

(Translated from Kiswahili/Swahili, with some extra notes)

Today, here on tumblr, is Speak Your Language Day! To celebrate this day, I wanted to share with you a few short sayings in Kiswahili. Kiswahili has a rich variety of oral traditions, and there is a long history and tradition of narrating stories orally, posing vitendawili (common riddles), etc.

For example, it is traditional when one is narrating a story to start like this:

Narrator: A story, a story!

Audience: Story, come! Fiction, come! Make it sweet!

Narrator: Once upon a time...

The common tales that are narrated are folk tales involving wild animals: common characters of the cunning hare (sungura mjanja), the king lion, the hyena—folk tales of similar nature can be found in many African countries.

Vitendawili are short sayings that are posed, and people need to solve/figure them out. People who speak Kiswahili will know many of these, because we learn them in primary school—I remember when I was in Grade 7, before my national exams (standardised tests taken at the end of primary school), I sat and memorised about forty different vitendawili! Vitendawili can both make one laugh, and be mind-bogglers (literal translation: they boil the brain), for example:

"My soldier is so gentle, but the enemies are scared of them."

"The one wealthy in colours."

"My house has only one pillar."

"The white man has come from England with his hand on his waist."

Answers to the vitendawili are at the bottom.

In all honestly I have forgotten a lot of the vitendawili—but these days you can Google and find lists of them easily!

Kiswahili is a language with a rich history, and many fascinating features—I couldn't write them all here, but for example, Swahili time, our many noun classes, the history of writing Kiswahili (there are early Kiswahili writings using the Arabic script), and the way it originated as a lingua franca and how it became the national language and a uniting factor in Tanzania after independence. I hope you'll look up the history of or a little bit of Kiswahili today—it's much more than just the phrase 'Hakuna Matata'!

(My apologies if I've made any grammar mistakes—these days I don't often write in Kiswahili. Also, because I intentionally wanted to write this in Kiswahili first, and then translate it, and I'm not practiced at translation, the English sounds clunky/weird—my apologies, but hey, it's SpYLD, I gotta prioritise the non-English text.)

Answers to the vitendawili:

A cat

A chameleon

A mushroom

A teacup

Some links:

Langfocus' Swahili video, which is a really good primer

The online Kiswahili dictionary I use most

For Kiswahili news, BBC Swahili (both online and you can listen to the radio) is pretty good. There's also many, many Kiswahili language news sites you can find, eg Mwananchi.

And of course, music!

Bongo flava is a genre of Tanzanian music (that originated in Dar es Salaam! Bongoland!)—it's a vibrant genre, it's closely linked to hip-hop and Afrobeats; I have a soft spot for the Bongo Flava of the 00s, so here's Usineseme by Ali Kiba (2009)

Sauti Sol are super well known these days, with good reason! They're awesome! They sing in both Kiswahili and English, but my favourite song of theirs is Nairobi

And in a departure from my usual brand, some patriotic music—this is a remix of the traditional patriotic song Tanzania Tanzania, recorded to encourage people to vote in the 2015 elections. I like it because it's a fun video that captures a lot of different parts of Dar es Salaam.

[avalovesindie]

10 random Swahili words I like

Swahili is a major language in Africa, mainly spoken as a first language in Tanzania but common as a second language in much of East Africa. For language learners outside Africa, it is one of the most common native African languages to learn. The word safari comes from Swahili, as well as the word simba for lion. Here are 10 random words I find appealing:

Rabbit: Sungura

Fire-stones: Mafya

Smooth, soft: Laina

Potato: Kiazi

Honey: Asali

Soap: Sabuni

Tomato: Nyanya

Firefly: Kimulimuli

Banana: Ndizi

Chickenpox: Tetewanga

Victory: Ushindi

I double-checked that my sources were accurate, however, you can check if unsure. Like most languages, many words will have more than one meaning or more than one translation, and the spelling of some words might be altered depending on context.

[kyra45]

sweatybasementkoala - Lucia Sungura

Link to scam blog here.

“Hulairah-syuraq” didn’t vet them the blog/user doesn’t exist and isn’t a real account.

[stressedjester]

sweatybasementkoala/Lucia Sungura is a documented scammer profiting off of the genocide. they have previously run this scam under the names Millicah Nyaachi, Angeline Ikwabe, and Movih Otieno, and they used to be @/massivegalaxytragedy and @/socandyfest. the account they say has vetted their campaign does not exist

https://www.tumblr.com/azalea-alter/759581724986474496/august-23-update

https://www.tumblr.com/hufflpuffin/758397510031228928/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/759176447884722176/sweatybasementkoala-lucia-sungura

https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/759175634081792000/i-think-the-family-in-sweatybasementkoalas

https://www.tumblr.com/sharktholomew/759416887532781568/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others?

please remember to use the tumblr search bar to look up the text used/paypal account names/usernames to check if these accounts have actually been verified. you can also search through the first link i included or kyra45’s blog for other documented scams on tumblr

Oh, thank you for telling me. That sucks

[phoenixflames498]

sweatybasementkoala/Peter Mwita is a documented scammer profiting off of the genocide. they have previously run this scam under the names Millicah Nyaachi, Angeline Ikwabe, Movih Otieno, and Lucia Sungura, and they used to be @/massivegalaxytragedy and @/socandyfest. none of the accounts they say have vetted their campaign exist.

https://www.tumblr.com/azalea-alter/759581724986474496/august-23-update

https://www.tumblr.com/hufflpuffin/758397510031228928/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/759660495016001536/howdy-key-sweatybasementkoala-has-updated-their

https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/759701356363792384/sweatybasementkoalas-new-name-is-peter-mwita

https://www.tumblr.com/sharktholomew/759416887532781568/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others?

please remember to use the tumblr search bar to look up the text used/paypal account names/usernames to check if these accounts have actually been verified. you can also search through the first link i included or kyra45’s blog for other documented scams on tumblr

Sure, I’ll delete them from my blog :)

[solcarow]

grandmoonpersona/Christine Chacha is a documented scammer profiting off of the genocide. they have previously run this scam under the names Millicah Nyaachi, Angeline Ikwabe, Movih Otieno, Lucia Sungura, and Peter Mwita, and they used to be @/sweatybasementkoala, @/massivegalaxytragedy, and @/socandyfest. none of the accounts they say have vetted their campaign exist.

https://www.tumblr.com/azalea-alter/759873624727568384/august-26-update

https://www.tumblr.com/hufflpuffin/758397510031228928/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/759660495016001536/howdy-key-sweatybasementkoala-has-updated-their

https://www.tumblr.com/sharktholomew/759416887532781568/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others?

please remember to use the tumblr search bar to look up the text used/paypal account names/usernames to check if these accounts have actually been verified. you can also search through the first link i included or kyra45’s blog for other documented scams on tumblr

Ah I’m so sorry I didn’t notice that, tysm for the heads up ! I’ve deleted the post already 👍

[autisticskeleton-s]

grandmoonpersona/Christine Chacha is a documented scammer profiting off of the genocide. they have previously run this scam under the names Millicah Nyaachi, Angeline Ikwabe, Movih Otieno, Lucia Sungura, and Peter Mwita, and they used to be @/sweatybasementkoala, @/massivegalaxytragedy, and @/socandyfest. none of the accounts they say have vetted their campaign exist.

https://www.tumblr.com/azalea-alter/759873624727568384/august-26-update

https://www.tumblr.com/hufflpuffin/758397510031228928/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/759660495016001536/howdy-key-sweatybasementkoala-has-updated-their

https://www.tumblr.com/sharktholomew/759416887532781568/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others?

please remember to use the tumblr search bar to look up the text used/paypal account names/usernames to check if these accounts have actually been verified. you can also search through the first link i included or kyra45’s blog for other documented scams on tumblr

oh thank you so much for telling me!!! i’ll delete those posts, thank you. please let me know if any i reblog in the future are scams :)

[usersewis]

sweatybasementkoala/Peter Mwita is a documented scammer profiting off of the genocide. they have previously run this scam under the names Millicah Nyaachi, Angeline Ikwabe, Movih Otieno, and Lucia Sungura, and they used to be @/massivegalaxytragedy and @/socandyfest. none of the accounts they say have vetted their campaign exist.

https://www.tumblr.com/azalea-alter/759792127228133376/august-25-update

https://www.tumblr.com/hufflpuffin/758397510031228928/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/759660495016001536/howdy-key-sweatybasementkoala-has-updated-their

https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/759701356363792384/sweatybasementkoalas-new-name-is-peter-mwita

https://www.tumblr.com/sharktholomew/759416887532781568/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others?

please remember to use the tumblr search bar to look up the text used/paypal account names/usernames to check if these accounts have actually been verified. you can also search through the first link i included or kyra45’s blog for other documented scams on tumblr

OMG TYSM FOR TELLING ME ANON I APPRECIATE IT!! I have now deleted the post so it’s gone from my blog. No one had liked of rb so I hope no one has donated to it

I’m so sorry for posting it, I had no idea about this

[spacenintendogs]

https://www.tumblr.com/spacenintendogs/759087561241231360/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

sweatybasementkoala/Lucia Sungura is a documented scammer profiting off of the genocide. they have previously run this scam under the names Millicah Nyaachi, Angeline Ikwabe, and Movih Otieno, and they used to be @/massivegalaxytragedy and @/socandyfest. the account they say has vetted their campaign does not exist

https://www.tumblr.com/azalea-alter/759223565473234944/august-19-update

https://www.tumblr.com/hufflpuffin/758397510031228928/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/759176447884722176/sweatybasementkoala-lucia-sungura

https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/759175634081792000/i-think-the-family-in-sweatybasementkoalas

would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others?

please remember to use the tumblr search bar to look up the text used/paypal account names/usernames to check if these accounts have actually been verified. you can also search through the first link i included or kyra45’s blog for other documented scams on tumblr

thank you! i deleted my post

[rosquinn]

https://www.tumblr.com/rosquinn/756752762527744000/jibanyans-chocobar

sweatybasementkoala/Lucia Sungura is a documented scammer profiting off of the genocide. they have previously run this scam under the names Millicah Nyaachi, Angeline Ikwabe, and Movih Otieno, and they used to be @/massivegalaxytragedy and @/socandyfest. the account they say has vetted their campaign does not exist

https://www.tumblr.com/azalea-alter/759017565283663872/august-17-update

https://www.tumblr.com/hufflpuffin/758397510031228928/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/759176447884722176/sweatybasementkoala-lucia-sungura

https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/759175634081792000/i-think-the-family-in-sweatybasementkoalas

would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others?

please remember to use the tumblr search bar to look up the text used/paypal account names/usernames to check if these accounts have actually been verified. you can also search through the first link i included or kyra45’s blog for other documented scams on tumblr

ah, i see! just deleted it, my bad. thanks for telling me. i'll be more mindful from now on

@jibanyans-chocobar

[the-mold-under-your-bed123]

sweatybasementkoala/Lucia Sungura is a documented scammer profiting off of the genocide. they have previously run this scam under the names Millicah Nyaachi, Angeline Ikwabe, and Movih Otieno, and they used to be @/massivegalaxytragedy and @/socandyfest. the account they say has vetted their campaign does not exist

https://www.tumblr.com/azalea-alter/759017565283663872/august-17-update

https://www.tumblr.com/hufflpuffin/758397510031228928/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/759176447884722176/sweatybasementkoala-lucia-sungura

https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/759175634081792000/i-think-the-family-in-sweatybasementkoalas

would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others?

please remember to use the tumblr search bar to look up the text used/paypal account names/usernames to check if these accounts have actually been verified. you can also search through the first link i included or kyra45’s blog for other documented scams on tumblr

please share and donate if u can

[therulerofrandomness]

grandmoonpersona/Christine Chacha is a documented scammer profiting off of the genocide. they have previously run this scam under the names Millicah Nyaachi, Angeline Ikwabe, Movih Otieno, Lucia Sungura, and Peter Mwita, and they used to be @/sweatybasementkoala, @/massivegalaxytragedy, and @/socandyfest. none of the accounts they say have vetted their campaign exist.

https://www.tumblr.com/azalea-alter/759873624727568384/august-26-update

https://www.tumblr.com/hufflpuffin/758397510031228928/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/759660495016001536/howdy-key-sweatybasementkoala-has-updated-their

https://www.tumblr.com/sharktholomew/759416887532781568/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others?

please remember to use the tumblr search bar to look up the text used/paypal account names/usernames to check if these accounts have actually been verified. you can also search through the first link i included or kyra45’s blog for other documented scams on tumblr

Watch out for this please!

[wingdingle]

sweatybasementkoala/Lucia Sungura is a documented scammer profiting off of the genocide. they have previously run this scam under the names Millicah Nyaachi, Angeline Ikwabe, and Movih Otieno, and they used to be @/massivegalaxytragedy and @/socandyfest. the account they say has vetted their campaign does not exist

https://www.tumblr.com/azalea-alter/759431321566248960/august-19-update

https://www.tumblr.com/hufflpuffin/758397510031228928/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/759176447884722176/sweatybasementkoala-lucia-sungura

https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/759175634081792000/i-think-the-family-in-sweatybasementkoalas

https://www.tumblr.com/sharktholomew/759416887532781568/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others?

please remember to use the tumblr search bar to look up the text used/paypal account names/usernames to check if these accounts have actually been verified. you can also search through the first link i included or kyra45’s blog for other documented scams on tumblr

this website sucks man

[nixthemagicdragon]

sweatybasementkoala/Peter Mwita is a documented scammer profiting off of the genocide. they have previously run this scam under the names Millicah Nyaachi, Angeline Ikwabe, Movih Otieno, and Lucia Sungura, and they used to be @/massivegalaxytragedy and @/socandyfest. none of the accounts they say have vetted their campaign exist.

https://www.tumblr.com/azalea-alter/759792127228133376/august-25-update

https://www.tumblr.com/hufflpuffin/758397510031228928/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/759660495016001536/howdy-key-sweatybasementkoala-has-updated-their

https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/759701356363792384/sweatybasementkoalas-new-name-is-peter-mwita

https://www.tumblr.com/sharktholomew/759416887532781568/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others?

please remember to use the tumblr search bar to look up the text used/paypal account names/usernames to check if these accounts have actually been verified. you can also search through the first link i included or kyra45’s blog for other documented scams on tumblr

Alright, thanks for letting me know about this. I'll post this so others can know as well, but I will delete the post. Thanks again <3

[bippus]

sweatybasementkoala/Peter Mwita is a documented scammer profiting off of the genocide. they have previously run this scam under the names Millicah Nyaachi, Angeline Ikwabe, Movih Otieno, and Lucia Sungura, and they used to be @/massivegalaxytragedy and @/socandyfest. none of the accounts they say have vetted their campaign exist.

https://www.tumblr.com/azalea-alter/759792127228133376/august-25-update

https://www.tumblr.com/hufflpuffin/758397510031228928/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/759660495016001536/howdy-key-sweatybasementkoala-has-updated-their

https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/759701356363792384/sweatybasementkoalas-new-name-is-peter-mwita

https://www.tumblr.com/sharktholomew/759416887532781568/hello-dear-friend-i-hope-you-and-your-family-are

would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others?

please remember to use the tumblr search bar to look up the text used/paypal account names/usernames to check if these accounts have actually been verified. you can also search through the first link i included or kyra45’s blog for other documented scams on tumblr

Wow that’s fucking horrible. Thank you for telling me