The Misiri legend explored : a linguistic inquiry into the Kalenjiin people's oral tradition of ancient Egyptian origin / Kipkoeech araap Sambu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sambu, Kipkoeech Araap, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropological linguistics--Kenya.

Anthropological linguistics.

Kalenjin (African people)--Social life and customs.

Kalenjin (African people).

Kalenjin language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Nairobi, Kenya : University of Nairobi Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How can a black people, who do not even profess to Islam, claim to have originated from Egypt, which is such an Arabic and Islamic geographical setting? But the Kalenjiin people of Kenya have held on fast to a tradition that their ancestors in antiquity were part of ancient Pharaonic Egypt, which they variously call Tto and Misiri. As unlikely as it may sound, the persistence in keeping this oral tradition alive does not seem to be dying with time and distance from the claimed place of origin. The Misiri Legend Explored: A Linguistic Inquiry into the Kalenjiin People's Oral Tradition of Ancient Egyptian Origin establishes the Kalenjin oral tradition of Misirian origin on the basis of linguistic evidence - a genuine tool which Egyptology scholars and researchers need to have relied on much more to bring greater and more final results to their investigations. Students of ancient Egypt willing to accept that there is an irrational prejudice against the concept of ancient black African ingenuity will upgrade their stock of knowledge regarding ancient Egypt with the numerous discoveries laid out here. They will discover a powerful new tool for their trade in the form of the African languages and cultures that now lie South of the Sahara.

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Pictures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I - CULTURAL BACKGROUND; Introduction to Part I; CHAPTER 1 - Who are the Kalenjiin?; The People; CHAPTER 2 - The Hamite Factor; Definition and Overview; The Hamitisation and De-Hamitisation of the Kalenjiin; Merker's Maasai/Kalenjiin Ancient Egyptian "Semites" Theory, 1904; CHAPTER 3 - Locating the Kalenjiin's Cradle-land and Establishing the Migration Route; The Likely Misrian Abode of Tto

Assigning Reasons for the Departure from Egypt and a Time FrameThe Kalenjiin Language after Egypt; CHAPTER 4 - And Who are the Egyptians?; Ancient Egyptian Society as an Extension of Nilotic Africa; Modern Egyptian Society, the Copts, and the Coptic Language; Summary of Part I: Cultural Background; Part II - COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS; Introduction to Part II; CHAPTER 5 - Comparative vs. the Contrastive Method; Genetic Classification: A Comparative Linguistics Exercise; Diachronic and Synchronic Linguistics; Identifying and Declaring Items for a Comparative Exercise

Brief Notes on the Comparative Linguistics Techniques Applied in this StudySummary of Part II: Comparative Linguistics; Part III - Relating the Kalenjiin Language to the ancient Egyption Language; Introduction to Part III; CHAPTER 6 - How Important is a Linguistics Discussion to an Oral Tradition Investigating Process?; Lexicostatistical Analysis; CHAPTER 7 - Ancient Egyptian-Kalenjiin Syntactic Analysis; Word Order; Summary of Part III: Relating the Kalenjiin Language to the Ancient Egyptian Language; Part IV - Conclusion; A. Conclusions from the Angle of Oral Traditions

B. Conclusions from the Comparative Linguistics ExercisePart V - Appendices; Appendix 1 - The Country Name "Egypt" and Other Place-name Etymologies; Appendix 2 - The Civilising Debt as the Bone of Contention; Appendix 3 - James Massam's Kalenjiin Hieroglyphs Story of 1927, and the Ancient Egyptian Contribution to the Modern "Western" Alphabet; Appendix 4; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Back cover

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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