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Specifically, Jambo is a Swahili language word that belongs to noun classes 5-6 for "collectives". Jambo primarily means 'affair', [1] in the sense of commercial, professional, public or personal business. [2] [3] Etymologically it is from amba (-amba) meaning to say. It is a cognate with Zulu. Secondary meanings include dealing with a thing ...
"Jambo Bwana" by Them Mushrooms was a huge commercial success, selling over 200,000 copies between 1982 and 1987 and getting platinum certification in Kenya. As a consequence of this popularity, many other bands covered the songs, in some cases with a similar success; the version by Safari Sound Band, in particular, is one of the most played songs in tourist venues in East Africa. [4]
Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book is a 1974 picture book written by Muriel Feelings and illustrated by Tom Feelings. It is an abecedarium of Swahili terms for the 24 letters in the Swahili alphabet. Jambo Means Hello won the 1974 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Picture Book and was awarded a Caldecott Honor in 1975.
While there, the couple created their books Moja Means One: A Swahili Counting Book and Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book. [2] Moja Means One was awarded a Caldecott Honor in 1972. [4] Jambo Means Hello won the 1974 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Picture Book, and was awarded a Caldecott Honor in 1975. [5] The couple divorced in 1974.
Jambo means "hello" in Swahili. The gorilla was born on 17 April 1961, in Zoo Basel, Basel, Switzerland, to mother Achilla and father Stephi. Stephi was acquired from the Columbus Zoo in Ohio. Stephi was captured in 1950 by Columbus resident and gorilla hunter Bill Said, with two other baby gorillas, in French Equatorial Africa. The three were ...
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Jambo Creek is named after him; Jambo, a 1969-71 U.S. TV series by Ivan Tors; Jambo, a slang word for a supporter or player of Heart of Midlothian F.C. Jambo OpenOffice, the first office suite in Swahili, based on OpenOffice.org; Jambo Bolton, a fictional character in the British soap opera Hollyoaks; Jamboo, a Tamil-language film
Kilinux (klnX), the Open Swahili Localization Project, is a project by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), and IT+46 [1] for localizing major applications to the Swahili language.