Bumawi English Novels & Stories

Every and any thing bad thing is always caused by a family witch. ~°~ Glossary Bombom - A local Nigerian word used to call buttock or ass or butt. Ngbo - A Yoruba word that insinuates 'is it true' Iya ita - just a local name used to call women that are married and middle aged and still 'in town' that is acting young. Iya - mother. Don't forget to Vote and comment.

Chapter 8 I am in Kinshasa! It's so hot! My grandfather came to pick me up at Dili airport, this country smells so good! The smell of meat cooked in the open air, it's such a busy city, I really like the hospitality I think living here will really change my mind. Koko: so do you like it?! Me: yes, koko I like it a lot but I'm so tired I'm sleepy Koko means grandmother, grandfather in Lingala to be much more precise, we say koko y’a mobali to mean grandfather and koko y’a muasi to say grandmother.

I thought "As salamu Alaikum,good afternoon Ma" I said kneeling down,I hate it when people repeat things to me three times,I don't want her to get mad again "Wa Alaikum Salam....Kí lo dé? (what happened)? Mà só funmi wípé òti dà ójà mi nu (Don't tell me that you've poured all my goods away)?" "Rárà Ma (No Ma)" I said shaking my head

hushed out " Good day ma, welcome" Kaima great "hmm... thank you" glare at her joined Alisha. in the living room Fatima walks, her eyes so dime and scary, burning with anger" Alisha! Alisha!!, where is this girl" she yell furiously, Alisha rush in trembling in fear " what, where you doing there?" she roars in Hausa language " Mommy, we were just chatting" she whispered in Hausa language, Fatima eye mounted fear in her, she taught she would hit her

"What's that? The usi... something uka-dhani. You're not talking about the lion king in the middle of a serious conversation" "No" He laughed so loud that Bailey seemed like a twerp for not understanding, "It's a Swahili proverb, learned it when I was away on a business trip in the Kenyan Coast, it means don't confuse a rained on lion with a cat, it still is a lion and it has claws" "So you have something going on to fix the Blake problem" she put Blake into imaginary quotes, the wrinkles of sadness on her face were started disappearing and they were replaced with unprofound vibrancy.

Rumours has it that she once served in the army before she retired to stay on her early retirement pension. "Hevo mwanangu (how are you my child), inga you have madomasi akanaka anenge ari fresh. (You have good tomatoes they seem also to be fresh) she says these words peeping into my carriage. Unoziva hako mari yangu yandiitira shoma nhasi asi ndiri kuda kupinda mutown kunoti ndinotambira mwana wangu dangwe arikubva kuSouth Africa( You know what my money is little today ,but I want to get into town to usher my first born who is coming today from South Africa.)"

'' ''The Biwara clan built a dam in the valley,'' Halvir continued his words. ''The Bi-Bi clan…'' Anindira didn't understand because it was a new vocabulary for her. ''Bi-wa-ra…'' Halvir paused each syllable to help Anindira. ''Okay, Biwara… B-be-ben…?!'' ''Ben-du-ngan (Dam)…'' Halvir helped Anindira again by pausing the syllables. ''Ah, that's it! What's that? I don't know…'' ''Something that blocks the flow of water…''

Lewis Woodley. He woke up furious. He was feeling what Elsie was used to feeling every morning she woke up all alone on a six by six bed, lonely, sad, angry and regretting. In Swahili they say: mkuki Kwa nguruwe mtamu Kwa na binadamu mchungu. Do unto others what you'd want them to do unto you. Whoever said that should have made a billboard out of it_ spearing a pig for sport is so fun until the same spear pierces the human, it's very painful. There is always no fun in getting others do what we do to them, especially when it’s mean.

At least, they were not useless after all. “What is it? Great Mba!” Ibe quarried. They call him great Mba, when danger is around the corner, another character Mbakwe liked. It was like calling your maker when danger imminent and inevitable. Perhaps he would trim their fingers off their body afterward, instead of killing them. “Can someone guess where we are?” “In the bush of course,” Okwunta said not letting go his guard, “What is it?” “I can see that, I’m not blind. But do you know what forest this is, who can guess?”

Hindi ko akalaing makakapunta ako sa isang lugar na kagaya nito. "Welcome to Aruba, Stimacion." Fauve whispered. Nilahad niya ang kamay niya saka tinulungan akong makababa sa barko. "Bon Bini," bati ng mga tao sa amin. Tumatango naman sa Fauve sa kanila samantalang ako, hindi ko alam kung anong gagawin. "Bon Bini, means welcome. They are welcoming you, love." sabi sa akin ni Fauve habang nakangiti.