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  2. The One-Handed Girl - Wikipedia

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    The One-Handed Girl is a Swahili fairy tale, collected by Edward Steere in Swahili Tales. Andrew Lang included it in The Lilac Fairy Book. [1]It is Aarne-Thompson type 706. . Other variants of this tale include The Girl Without Hands, The Armless Maiden, Penta of the Chopped-off Hands and Biancabella and the

  3. Category:African feminine given names - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 16 February 2019, at 10:11 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  4. Zuri (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Zuri is a given name of Swahili origin meaning “beautiful.” [1] It has been among the 1,000 most popular names for newborn girls in the United States since 2010 and among the top 300 names since 2018. [2] Zuri was among the five most popular names for Black newborn girls in the American state of Virginia in 2022. [3]

  5. African-American names - Wikipedia

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    Prefixes such as La/Le, Da/De, Ra/Re, or Ja/Je and suffixes such as -ique/iqua, -isha (for girls), -ari and -aun/awn (for boys) are common, as well as inventive spellings for common names. The book Baby Names Now: From Classic to Cool—The Very Last Word on First Names places the origins of "La" names in African-American culture in New Orleans ...

  6. Wema Sepetu - Wikipedia

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    Ijumaa Sexiest Girl Sexiest Girl Herself Won [25] Swahili Fashion Week Awards Style Icon of the Year Herself Nominated [26] 2015 Tanzania People's Choice Awards Favorite Actress Herself Won [27] Favorite TV Show Wema Sepetu: In My Shoes: Nominated [28] Nzumari Awards (Kenya) Female Personality of the Year (East Africa) Herself Won [29] 2016

  7. Malaika - Wikipedia

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    Malaika Nakupenda Malaika is a Swahili song written by Tanzanian artist, Adam Salim in 1945 and recorded for the first time by Kenyan musician, Fadhili William.This song is possibly the most famous of all Swahili love songs in Tanzania, Kenya and the entire East Africa, as well as being one of the most widely known of all Swahili songs in the world.

  8. Category:African given names - Wikipedia

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  9. Umhlanga (ceremony) - Wikipedia

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    If the reed should break before the girl reaches that point, it is considered a sign that the girl has already been sexually active. [9] The ceremony was reintroduced by King Goodwill Zwelethini in 1991, as a means to encourage young Zulu girls to delay sexual activity until marriage, and thus limit the possibility of HIV transmission. [3]