Ekegusii Encyclopedia Project:

This page is dedicated to the Ekegusii Encyclopedia Project , instigated and directed by Mr. Kennedy Momanyi Bosire of Mombasa.

.....PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW URL.....
www.suttonelms.org.uk/ekegusii2.html

The Abagusii are one of the ethnic tribes which comprise the Republic of Kenya and speak Bantu language, Ekegusii, an endangered language. We believe Ekegusii should be protected and preserved.



The new Dictionary / Encyclopedia is online. See

ONLINE EKEGUSII ENCYCLOPEDIA.

Kennedy Bosire is an Ekegusii language activist who played a key role in InField 2008 at the University of California as an instructor in Field Methods for the Ekegusii workshop and a presenter in the Models of Language Documentation and Revitalization workshop (both coordinated by Carol Genetti).

"Language documentation is for the future and targeting the youth must be our strong point".

Ekegusii Encyclopedic Project is a community based organisation registered under the Ministry of Culture and Social Services in the Republic of Kenya.

We are in the final stages of preparing the paper copies of a detailed Ekegusii Dictionary for publication.

Meanwhile, if you can help the language preservation project in any way, particularly with fundraising, please contact us:

infonm@ekegusiiencyclopedia.com

Kenya's library services have allowed us to be publishers of our works and have granted us ISBN numbers.

Next actions are:

Get confirmation from the editors that we are ready for printing. Identify and engage a printer. Raise funds for the printing. Promote the work. Launch and distribute. The title page of this magnificent dictionary is shown here; click on the thumbnail for the detail. There is also an invitation to attend language training and workshops / seminars at the University of Oregon, USA. This time we (Ekegusii Encyclopedia Project) have been selected to present papers in conjunction with others from Australia, the Americas and possibly Europe. Kennedy M. Bosire, Project Director Mrs. Gladys Kwamboka Machogu, Project Coordinator .......................................................................................................................ARCHIVE,2006 Our Objectives: 1. To raise awareness among the Abagusii community of the state and level of endangerment of the language. 2. To encourage its learning and promotion. 3. To document, preserve and archive it. 4. To help establish an organisation to initiate, spearhead and oversee the language's dynamism especially in technology, communication, medicine and the environment. 5. To facilitate community support for families, providing care for people living with HIV/AIDS and orphans and to ensure programme sustainability through income generating activities. Modalities: 1. Generate Encyclopedic materials in the form of dictionaries, references and other literature. 2. Establish cultural community centres. 3. Establish sustainable learning programs within the community, and 4. Train personnel to sustain the gains and propogate them for posterity. 5. Organise HIV-AIDS outreach programs: home based care, counselling, feeding and education. Older news is shown further down. This page will shortly be updated. The older news will remain online, accessible via the ARCHIVE link above.