Light a candle = Tumaini pasipo na tumaini
This dual-language English and Swahili picture book is inspired by the founding of Tanzania, told through the eyes of a young boy who climbs Mount Kilimanjaro to signify the country's independence.
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- ISBN: 9781459817005
- Physical Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2019.
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Language Note: | Text in English with Swahili translation. |
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Light a Candle / Tumaini Pasipo Na Tumaini
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Light a Candle / Tumaini Pasipo Na Tumaini
Co-written by Eric Walters and Godfrey Nkongolo, Light a Candleweaves non-fiction with fiction to tell the story of a boy coming of age in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro. The son of the village's chief climbs the mountain against his father's wishes to fulfill a request of the country's first leader, Julius Nyerere, to light a candle on the top of the mountain and unify the mainland of Tanganyika and the islands of Zanzibar as one country, the United Republic of Tanzania. This bilingual book includes full text in both English and Swahili.