<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><div>Salaam, </div><div><br></div><div>'Caafimaadka ka waran' it literally means how is your health. It is commonly used as how are you. <br><br>Omar</div></span></div><div><br>On Mar 7, 2013, at 4:19 PM, "Howard, Steve" <<a href="mailto:howard@ohio.edu">howard@ohio.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">friends: best wishes tomorrow for International Women’s Day and all the African women included in that! And as I get ready for our big conference on Women and Children’s Health in Africa at the end of the month, I am wondering if any of you could share any very basic greetings in African languages that you speak- that are essentially an inquiry about health… like in English, “how are you?” is essentially an inquiry about health. thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Steve Howard<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Director, African Studies and Director, Graduate Studies, Center for International Studies, <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Professor, Media Arts and Studies<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Ohio University<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.african.ohio.edu">www.african.ohio.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.african.ohio.edu/Conferences/healthafricaconference.htm"><span style="color:blue">http://www.african.ohio.edu/Conferences/healthafricaconference.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Asu-l mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Asu-l@listserv.ohio.edu">Asu-l@listserv.ohio.edu</a></span><br><span><a href="http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/asu-l">http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/asu-l</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>