Resource 5: Making meaning

Paragraph for older classes: The Benanbushi clan

Lake Kashiba, near Luanshya, is a mysterious lake, and there are some strange stories about it. One of these is about the Benambushi clan.

Many years ago, it is said, the Banambushi clan of the Lima tribe, decided to drown itself after quarrelling with other tribes. All the Benambushi people came to the lake. For three months they held a big feast. Then they dressed in their best clothes and beads and prepared to die. They tied themselves together with bark rope, making a huge chain, and jumped in the water to die!

At the last moment a young man – from a different clan – ran to the lake. He also jumped into the water – not to drown, but to save his wife, who was one of the Benambushi. He cut the bark rope to set her free and the two of them swam to safety. The story says that this man and his wife are the ancestors of all the Benambushi people in Zambia today.

Written text – taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokoto_Caliphate

Picture story for younger classes: The dog and the meat

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Pictorial story ‘The dog and the meat’ taken from Standard 2 Language Book, p.10, Published by Maskew Miller Longman