Empaka Ezamawanga Ga Abairugavu
Ursula Nafula
Brian Wambi

Mdogo ne Juma abe bamukwano abataka okwiiruka.

Baiiruka wamu buli lunaku.

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Olunaku olumu, Juma yakobera, "Twiirukemu okwetolola sentale wa Afirika. Twiirukemu okuwagira ensonga eyokwegaita mu Afirika."

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Basalirewo okutwala eitala yobumu mulugendo lwaibwe.

Batandikire embiro ewayala Mumaseregeta ga Afirika, Mutawuni ya Cape.

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Okuva mu South Afirika beyongere basengererwa ensalosalo ye Bugwanjuba. Bairukire nga babita e’Namibia, Angola, Zaire, Congo ne Cameroon. Bawumulire Abuja.

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Abaiiruki okuka mumawanga ga Bugwenju wa Afirika begaitireku abanaibwe okuva mu Nigeria. Weyongereyo wamu, nga basegererya omwiiga Niger awala Ebugwanjuba.

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Kibuyaga okuva mu Mali yaletere obuzibu. Juma niye eyabere omugumu mu bobnabona.

Yakulembere engira bukalamu.

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Mubwngula bwe Guinea mu Conakry omwiiruki omukatufu yanabire mu nyanza.

Basalirewo okuirukira mu Morocco nga babita Senegal ne Mauritania.

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E’Casabulaka abairuki bazanyire nabantu abatobato ku biichi.

Awo, beyongeirero mu Mambuka ga Afirika.

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Bairukire okubita mu Algeria ne Libya, era bayemereraku mu Misiri okulambulaku empaagi.

Awo nibaira mu maserengeta, nga basengererya Omwiga Kiira okuva e’Uganda.

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Bairukure mu byeeya ne mu bibira ebyensalosalo. Abavuvuka abasinga babeyungireeku mu Kampala.

Ekikwekweto kyeyolekere ku nsalosalo ya Kenya.

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Mu Mombasa, batyamire ku beechi nibalya omutwere omumyoofu ne bwenyaza.

Juma sakobere anti, "Tutwale eitala lyowaamu kulusozi lwe Kilimanjaro."

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Naye Juma yabere mukowu. Mulugendo lyaibwe e’Tanzania, yaguire owaansi.

Abairuki bobabona bayemereire ni baling eyuma okuyamba Juma.

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Juma yaweiryerye eitala Mdogo. Yakobera ati, "Twala eitala ku lusozi lye Kilimanjaro. Okulanie ekitangla kyowamu mu mawanga ga bairugavu."

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Abantu batedere abairuki nga bato bati, "Muli balwanyi."

Oluvanyuma lwo kumulika eitala oryowamu ku lusozi lwe Kilimanjaro, beyongere ate mu maserengeta nga Afirika.

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Bayemereireku to kusanya mu Nyanza ye Malawi.

Mdogo nakoba nti Juma, "Twiirukire mu maseregeta paka mambuka, bugwanjuba paka buvanjuba. Olugendo lyaife lulikuwa."

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Bairuki bowamu bamalilirye nga batwaire eitala to Zimbabwe yowamu. Eikukubira lwesolongere mu kifo kino ekinene.

"Kwiiruka ki kuno!" Juma yasekere.

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You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
Empaka Ezamawanga Ga Abairugavu
Author - Ursula Nafula, Nina Orange
Translation - Henry Musana
Illustration - Brian Wambi
Language - Lukenye
Level - First sentences