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Kiswahili : a Foundation for Speaking, Reading, and Writing (2ND 98 Edition)
Kiswahili : a Foundation for Speaking, Reading, and Writing (2ND 98 Edition)
by Thomas J. Hinnebusch
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This is a comprehensive manual intended to teach students the basics of communicating in Swahili at an elementary level.... (read more)

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The Rough Guide to Swahili Dictionary Phrasebook 3 (Rough Guide Phrasebooks)
The Rough Guide to Swahili Dictionary Phrasebook 3 (Rough Guide Phrasebooks)
by Rough Guides
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The Rough Guide phrasebook will have you speaking Swahili as soon as you arrive. This revised third edition includes 16-pages of additional scenario material, from asking for directions and hiring a car to checking the local bus routes and reserving a... (read more)

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Mini English-Afrikaans Dictionary
Mini English-Afrikaans Dictionary
by Pharos
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Handy and inexpensive. The perfect quick reference guide to spelling and translation. With useful phrases for tourists and business travellers (greetings, information, shopping, numbers, time, days, months, seasons, money, travelling, emergencies... (read more)

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Let's Speak Twi: A Proficiency Course in Akan Language and Culture
Let's Speak Twi: A Proficiency Course in Akan Language and Culture
by Adams Bodomo
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Lets Speak Twi is an introductory language-learning textbook for speakers of English and other languages who seek proficiency in Akan Twi, the most widely used and understood native language of Ghana. Included in the book are several practice exercises... (read more)

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Rough Guide Swahili Phrasebook (Rough Guide Phrasebook: Swahili)
Rough Guide Swahili Phrasebook (Rough Guide Phrasebook: Swahili)
by Lexus (com)
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The Rough Guides series of full-color dictionary phrasebooks are unrivaled, featuring over 5,000 words and phrases and free mp3 downloads of common travel dialogue scenarios. Each dictionary phrasebook includes an extensive two-way dictionary, a food and... (read more)

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Teach Yourself Kimeru (Learn Kimeru)
Teach Yourself Kimeru (Learn Kimeru)
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Learning Kimeru has now been made easy with this new English and Kimeru book for beginners. It covers a wide range of vocabulary used in day to day communication. It covers the basic and useful words, expressions, sentence structures and phrases in... (read more)

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Essential Swahili Dictionary: a Teach Yourself Guide (3RD 11 Edition)
Essential Swahili Dictionary: a Teach Yourself Guide (3RD 11 Edition)
by D. V. Perrott
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With more than 14,000 definitions, including everyday idioms and expressions, this dictionary helps you understand what the people of East Africa are really saying Dont be intimidated by Swahili! Essential Swahili Dictionary contains the most frequently... (read more)

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Igbo-English/English-Igbo Dictionary & Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook)
Igbo-English/English-Igbo Dictionary & Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook)
by Nicholas Awde
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Igbo also known as ibo is one of the major languages of Nigeria.... (read more)

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The Development of Izon Language. Instrument for Educational Advancement in the Niger Delta
The Development of Izon Language. Instrument for Educational Advancement in the Niger Delta
by Martha I Akpana
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This multi-country and intercontinental study examines how the governments of four African counties - Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa and Namibia; and five Latin American countries - Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and Nicaragua - are funding the fight... (read more)

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Malagasy-English, English-Malagasy: Dictionary and Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook)
Malagasy-English, English-Malagasy: Dictionary and Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook)
by Janie Rasoloson
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Malagasy, the national language of Madagascar, has over 10 million speakers. This dictionary and phrasebook provides the traveler to this beautiful island with the means for basic communication as well as an introduction to the country's culture. The... (read more)

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Intonation in Swahili
Intonation in Swahili
by Joan Maw
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Beginner's Shona (Chishona) / Aquilina Mawadza
Beginner's Shona (Chishona) / Aquilina Mawadza
by Aquilina Mawadza
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The basics of Chishona, the most widely spoken form of Shona, are taught here in twelve comprehensive lessons. Each lesson includes a practice dialogue, vocabulary, grammar explanations, and review exercises, while cultural information creates a... (read more)

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Africa in Translation: A History of Colonial Linguistics in Germany and Beyond, 1814-1945 (Social History, Popular Culture, & Politics in Germany)
Africa in Translation: A History of Colonial Linguistics in Germany and Beyond, 1814-1945 (Social History, Popular Culture, & Politics in Germany)
by Sara Pugach
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"Africa in Translation is a thoughtful contribution to the literature on colonialism and culture in Germany and will find readers in the fields of German history and German studies as well as appealing to audiences in the large and interdisciplinary... (read more)

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Swahili Phrasebook (Lonely Planet Phrasebook: Swahiti)
Swahili Phrasebook (Lonely Planet Phrasebook: Swahiti)
by Lonely Planet
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To pack for East Africa: binoculars for spotting zebu down jacket for the climb up Kilimanjaro mosquito net for camping on the multi-day safari this phrasebook for everything else Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words... (read more)

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Concise Amharic Dictionary
Concise Amharic Dictionary
by Wolf Leslau
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Although Amharic is the national language of Ethiopia and English its international language, until publication of this book in hardcover there was no concise Amharic-English, English-Amharic dictionary. Students of Amharic as well as visitors to... (read more)

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The Politics of National Languages in Postcolonial Senegal
The Politics of National Languages in Postcolonial Senegal
by Ibrahima Diallo
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Senegal claimed political independence from France in 1960, and Leopold Sedhar Senghor became Senegal's first president. Even though Senegal was no longer a French colony, Senghor was determined to maintain the dominance of French culture and language in... (read more)

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Nigerian Pidgin. Background and Prospects
Nigerian Pidgin. Background and Prospects
by Ben Ohi Elugbe
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The origins and development of Pidgin in Nigeria are exhaustively examined. The study's perspectives are historical, theoretical, ontological and sociological. Nigerian Pidgin is identified as a language in its own right, with all the characteristics and... (read more)

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Love and Theft : Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class (95 Edition)
Love and Theft : Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class (95 Edition)
by Eric Lott
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For over two centuries, America has celebrated the very black culture it attempts to control and repress, and nowhere is this phenomenon more apparent than in the strange practice of blackface performance. Born of extreme racial and class conflicts, the... (read more)

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English - Somali; Somali - English Dictionary; Ingrisi Soomaali - Soomaali Ingrisi Qaamuus
English - Somali; Somali - English Dictionary; Ingrisi Soomaali - Soomaali Ingrisi Qaamuus
by Maxamud J Qoorsheel
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This is a new and fully updated edition of the dictionary, offers over 430 pages of definitions. It covers all the words you need for everyday use in Somali language; The author has also made the definitions clearer than before. This portable and... (read more)

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Je K'a So Yoruba (Yale Language Series)
Je K'a So Yoruba (Yale Language Series)
by Antonia Yetunde Folarin
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An introduction for the study of one of the principal African languages, centred in Nigeria. It presents an integrated functional-notational approach to the study of Yoruba, thus encouraging students to use listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.... (read more)

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