sefra
A long, low table from which food is served in a Zanzibari household.
sepoy
The lowest designation given to Indian soldiers recruited by the British East India Company. In colonial travel, they were slightly better paid than the askari (see above).
shensi/shenzi
A pejorative term used by Arab slavers to describe East African slaves: closest meaning is “savages” or “barbarians.” The modern spelling of the word is shenzi.
shetani
An evil spirit.
sola fide, sola gratia, sola scriptura
Latin for “by faith alone, by grace alone, and by scripture alone.” These are three of the five sola principles underlying the doctrine of salvation as espoused by the Reformed Protestant churches, marking a key departure from the teachings of the Catholic Church.
suria
A slave woman who is also a concubine (plural sariri).
taabibu
An approximation of the Arab word for “doctor.”
ugali
An East African staple food made from white maize meal and water, cooked over heat.
umm al-walad
A slave woman who bears children for her master, and consequently cannot be sold.
vembwigo
A sea ghost.
zakāt
See “salat,” above.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Petina Gappah is an award-winning and widely translated Zimbabwean writer. She is the author of the novel The Book of Memory and two short-story collections, Rotten Row and An Elegy for Easterly. Gappah’s work has been short-listed for the Orwell Prize, the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the PEN/Open Book Award, the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and the Prix Femina (étranger). She is the recipient of the Guardian First Book Award and the McKitterick Prize from the Society of Authors. A lawyer specializing in international trade and investment as well as a writer, Gappah currently lives in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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