Galimoto
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- Date created
- November 10, 2006
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- Motor car and galimoto: An intercultural lesson in pragmatism, creativity, and perseverance: In this lesson for grade three, students read the book Galimoto, about a young boy in Malawi, Africa, and his quest to gather wire in order to make a toy car. Students discuss the literary elements of the book, study the language used, and complete their own quests to gather wire and create their own galimotos.
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A galimoto — a toy car made from wire. The word “galimoto” is in Chichewa, the national language of Malawi. In Chichewa the sounds r and l, and c and g are often interchanged and every syllable ends in a vowel. The word “galimoto” probably came from the English word “motor car,” with the words in reverse order and with a Chichewa pronunciation.
