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Vitabu vya Mungai Mutonya

Mitumba

(Swahili play)

ISBN-1-978-9966151612

Faced with an unbearable decision to determine the fate of a critically-ill child, husband and wife transverse divergent paths. The further they move in the quest to resolve the inherent moral dilemmas, the more intricate the plot becomes, the more individuals get trapped in a web of deceit and intrigue.

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Safari ya Mambosasa

(Swahili children's book)

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Safari ya Mambosasa, a thrilling Swahili adventure about an ambitious, young donkey that embarks on a journey from "boring home" to the glorious city of Mambosasa. Encounters along the way facilitates his growth and self discovery. Readers will identify with this amusing story of discovery and identity. An e-book edition is also available.

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Punda Mjini

ISBN-13-978-9966-1516-5-0

Rich in literary flavor and spectacular illustrations this beautifully-written story will excite Swahili students and any other enthusiast of Swahili literature.

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Language Attitudes Towards Varieties of African English: An Empirical Approach

ISBN-978-3639183900

Language attitude studies in Sub-Saharan Africa have often relied on qualitative methods to determine societal attitudes towards prestigious forms of speech. This book departs from tradition by utilizing empirical methods to analyze attitudes towards heavily- and weakly-accented varieties of African Englishes. Cognizant of the inherent sociolinguistic complexities in densely multilingual African societies, the author holds dialectal factors as homogeneous as possible, tailors traditional tools of attitudinal research to suit an African context, and measures responses towards East, West, and Southern African Englishes. Sampling and analytical techniques such as matched guise technique and factor analysis are outlined meticulously in an effort to tease out underlying attitudes. The findings show a diversity of attitudes based on regional affiliations and accentedness. Illustrated with several figures and tables, this book will be stimulating and valuable to readers interested in Africa, sociolinguistics, language contact, language variation, and the linguistic complexities of multilingual societies.