Kenyan poet beats Tanzanian rivals to win kiswahili award

A Kenyan poet is among the winners of the 2018 Mabati- Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature to be feted next month bin Tanzania.
Jacob Ngumbau emerged victorious for His Kiswahili poetry work "moto wa kifua" (Fire of the coconut shell) and will take home a prize of sh500,000 during a ceremony to be held in Dar es salaam on February 15.

Ala kumbe Wakenya ikifika ni kiswahili ni wanoma than their Tanzagiza counterparts not only in English but also in Swahili.

Perfect!! Hata vitabu vingi vya fasihi vimeandikwa na wakenya na wazanzibari. Watanganyika huwa na matatizo ya kuandika japo wanajua misamiati

mwaswast said:

A Kenyan poet is among the winners of the 2018 Mabati- Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature to be feted next month bin Tanzania.
Jacob Ngumbau emerged victorious for His Kiswahili poetry work "moto wa kifua" (Fire of the coconut shell) and will take home a prize of sh500,000 during a ceremony to be held in Dar es salaam on February 15.

Ala kumbe Wakenya ikifika ni kiswahili ni wanoma than their Tanzagiza counterparts not only in English but also in Swahili.

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Got this friend of mine who owns one of the local football junior team in East Lands. One day he requested me to accompany him to Uganda for a three day U16 football extravaganza, teams were drawn from three countries namely: Kenya Uganda and Tanzania. That's when I knew the significance of being conversant with several languages. It was amazing to see how Kenyan kids managed to make friends across the divide unlike their counterparts from Uganda and Tanzania. Language barrier can be such an impediment.

Hongera zimfikie Jacob Ngumbau kwa kuibuka mshindi na kukikuza kiswahili. Ila mleta mada hii taarifa yako ingependeza zaidi kama ungeiandika kwa lugha ya kiswahili, sanasana hapo kwenye kichwa cha mada.

Tukiwaambia hamjui kiswahili mnakataa sasa "moto wa kifua" ndo nini???
Yaani hata haikujii akilini kuwa "kifua" ni chest??
Sema "Moto wa Kifuu" kudadadek...

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Mbona wanafunzi watanzania wameongoza kuandika essay katika EAC 2018 na 2019 na hamjaona bandiko hapa,na kila siku mnadharau watz hawajui English yetu wanawakimbiza kuandika essay.

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"Kiswahiri ni rugha yetu. Wakenya wanatuibia rugha yetu."

Omera Yawa said:

Tukiwaambia hamjui kiswahili mnakataa sasa "moto wa kifua" ndo nini???
Yaani hata haikujii akilini kuwa "kifua" ni chest??
Sema "Moto wa Kifuu" kudadadek...

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Wewe baada ya kushiba ubwabwa hapo kitaa unaona una akili kuwazidi waliomtunuku huo ushindi, mnaambiwa uandishi wa Kiswahili huwa mpo hoi lakini kwa mlivyo wabishi....

Kwa hiyo next time akishinda Mtz ghafla mtakua mpo hoi! then Tz watakua wapo vizuri..

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Wakurya ndio wanasema 'Kiswahiri' na 'rugha' na baadhi ya watu wachache wenye tatizo la kuchanganya l na r, si watanzania wote.

Kama tu wale wakenya sijui wa kabila gani wanaosema njesus badala ya Jesus

Hongera nyingi kwa mshairi wa 'Moto wa Kifuu'

NairobiWalker said:

"Kiswahiri ni rugha yetu. Wakenya wanatuibia rugha yetu."

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dalaber said:

Wakurya ndio wanasema 'Kiswahiri' na 'rugha' na baadhi ya watu wachache wenye tatizo la kuchanganya l na r, si watanzania wote.

Kama tu wale wakenya sijui wa kabila gani wanaosema njesus badala ya Jesus

Hongera nyingi kwa mshairi wa 'Moto wa Kifuu'

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Wacha kuonea Wakuria. Watanzania wote husema 'r' badala ya 'l' na 'l' badala ya 'r'. Hata humu humu Jamiiforums kuna Watanzania wanaoandika hivo.

NairobiWalker said:

Wacha kuonea Wakuria. Watanzania wote husema 'r' badala ya 'l' na 'l' badala ya 'r'. Hata humu humu Jamiiforums kuna Watanzania wanaoandika hivo.

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Wakenya wote hawawezi sema mwizi wanasema mwisi! hapa nimetumia akili yako

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NairobiWalker said:

Wacha kuonea Wakuria. Watanzania wote husema 'r' badala ya 'l' na 'l' badala ya 'r'. Hata humu humu Jamiiforums kuna Watanzania wanaoandika hivo.

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Tuombe radhi, unawezaje ku-generalize kwa sababu ya makosa ya wachache wanaochangia Jamii Forums!...

thisdayes said:

Wakenya wote hawawezi sema mwizi wanasema mwisi! hapa nimetumia akili yako

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Wanasema "mwisi" but if it comes to writing they write " mwizi" but you what you write and say are the same, if it's food you call it "chakura" and then go ahead and write "chakura" again. What is that if not lack of education. One perennial example is Malissa.

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thisdayes said:

Wakenya wote hawawezi sema mwizi wanasema mwisi! hapa nimetumia akili yako

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Jameni tuambiane ukweli. Sisi hukubali tunapokosa - kwa mfano kadoda11 hupenda kutukejeli kwa kusema 'kwenyu' badala ya 'kwenu' na hamna Mkenya anayebisha hilo maanake hata Wakenya wasioadhirika na na lugha ya mama kwa kuongea Kiswahili husema hivyo. Hilo la Mwisi ni uongo kabisa - Wakenya tu wa kabila fulani (sana sana kabili za kiNilote) ambao wameadhirika na lugha ya mama husema hivyo wala sii Wakenya wote.Tanzania hadi mjini Dar hamna tofauti ya r na l. Hadi rais wenu yupo vivyo hivyo. Hapa Kenya mtaa wa Majengo ulio na Watanzia wengi wenye asili ya Chagga hawana tofauti ya r na l.

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Hapo msimamo wetu upojee..???

Janerose mzalendo said:

Perfect!! Hata vitabu vingi vya fasihi vimeandikwa na wakenya na wazanzibari. Watanganyika huwa na matatizo ya kuandika japo wanajua misamiati

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For once mtu ame accept reality,we humbled

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oneflash said:

Got this friend of mine who owns one of the local football junior team in East Lands. One day he requested me to accompany him to Uganda for a three day U16 football extravaganza, teams were drawn from three countries namely: Kenya Uganda and Tanzania. That's when I knew the significance of being conversant with several languages. It was amazing to see how Kenyan kids managed to make friends across the divide unlike their counterparts from Uganda and Tanzania. Language barrier can be such an impediment.

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And where do you come from,ama you kenyan indian haha

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NairobiWalker said:

"Kiswahiri ni rugha yetu. Wakenya wanatuibia rugha yetu."

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Haha n then juzi mwingine ananishow tunaongeanga kiswahili tukibana mapua

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ha ha ha maajabu haya..tena ukiskia WaBongo wakisema kazi yetu ni kuiga wazungu na kizungu tu. kumbe hata kiswahili tumewapiku???

Niliiwaambia WaBongo kwamba, Kiswahili na Kizungu hufunzwa kutoka Darasa la kwanza hadi kidato cha nne, as compulsory subjects.

Nivile tu WaKenya hupenda kuandika kizungu lakini huku mtaani watu wanaongea Kiswahili..ijapokuwa Kiswahili hicho kimechanganywa na sheng na maneno ya kizungu ili kurahizisha mawasiliano.