{"id":8280,"date":"2016-07-26T00:41:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T04:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/?p=8280"},"modified":"2016-09-13T21:59:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T01:59:50","slug":"jambo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/jambo\/","title":{"rendered":"Jambo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kenyan greeting song<\/em><\/p>\n

JAMBO<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jambo, jambo bwana
\nHabari gani
\nMzuri sana
\nWageni mwakari bishwa
\nKenya yetu
\nHakuna matata<\/p>\n

Translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Remember that it is not useful to translate things literally. For example a greeting in Ghana says \u201cmay a coconut fall on your head\u201d and this is a wish of good luck!)<\/em><\/p>\n

Jambo \u2013 hello, welcome, greetings<\/p>\n

Bwana \u2013 fellow, guy, mister<\/p>\n

Habari gani \u2013 how are you? Everything okay?<\/p>\n

Kenya* \u2018nchi nzuri \u2013 Kenya* is fine<\/p>\n

* Can substitute names of other countries or people<\/p>\n

General Translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome visitor to our land<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re here to have fun, we\u2019re cool<\/p>\n

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