Доклады Международного конгресса ИИСАА. Т. 1

I. African Studies / Африканистика Доклады Международного конгресса по источниковедению и историографии стран Азии и Африки. Т. 1. 2020 37 names with the benefit of Samuel Ali Hussein, a fluent speaker of the Kenzi Nubian language. Texts with ethnic names were published alongside the Kenzi Nubian toponyms. Procedures for Nobíin Nubian toponymy can also benefit from these publications of 1932. 1 Toponymic fieldwork is fundamentally different from archaeological field- work. Toponymic work requires close involvement between the inhabitants and the fieldworker. A great deal of time must be devoted to intensive questioning and conversation with the local inhabitants. This is very different from the requirements of an archaeological excavation. Action Attention to local toponyms in their local languages has a dual function. (1) It provides more accurate evidence for cultural history. (2) It also provides attractive materials to support endangered languages and alphabets among people young and old who have a concern for their historic environment and their own cultural identity. Sabbar was eager to help people who wanted to keep their traditional language alive and flourishing. He wanted to find a slogan in Nubian like Harambee , the powerful slogan in Swahili. ‘ Harambee ’ means ‘Let’s pull together’ (‘Heave ho!’). It now appears in the official motto of the government of Kenya. The online Oxford English Dictionaries offer the following information`: Definition  of harambee — (in East Africa) an event held to raise funds for a charitable purpose. ... Swahili , literally ‘pulling or working together’. 2 Origin Swahili, literally ‘pulling or working together’ (a slogan of the first independent government of Kenya). Pronunciation harambee /həˈrambiː/ 1 Junker H., Schäfer H. Nubische Texte im Kenzi-Dialekt. Band 2, Schriften der Sprach­ kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 9. Vienna; Leipzig, 1932. 2 https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/harambee (accessed 19.05.2019).