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Mailu Mboo
Mailu may be, *Mailu Island *Mailu language *Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu (born c. 1956) is a Kenyan politician. He served as the Kenyan Minister of Health. Early life Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu was born circa 1956. He attended schools in Kyulu and Kangundo until he went to Friends School Kamusinga. He g ... {{dab Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mailu Island
Mailu Island (sometimes known as the Toulon Island) is a small, 1.8 km long, island in Central Province, Papua New Guinea. It lies 250 km ESE from Port Moresby. Characteristics Mailu is an island that has been inhabited since ancient times. It is located 8 km south of the New Guinean coast. Bananas, taro, yams, betel, sugarcane, as well as coconut, areca nut and sago palms grow on the island. The village is located on the NE shores. There is a smaller island right off Mailu's southern point. Pottery was made by the women on Mailu Island and traded with goods from the coast, mainly the South Cape and the Aroma people to the NW. History First recorded sighting of Mailu island was by the Spanish expedition of Luís Vaez de Torres, that landed on it on 24 August 1606. It was charted as ''San Bartolomé''. Spaniards reported that its inhabitants called it ''Ratiles''. All the nearby land including the coast of New Guinea was called by the Spaniards ''Magna Margarita'' t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mailu Language
Mailu, or Magi (Magɨ), is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Overview Magi is a non-Austronesian language spoken by upwards of 6000 people living on the islands of Mailu, Laluoru, Loupomu and Eunuoro and along the south coast between Cape Rodney and mid-Orangerie Bay of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. It is often referred to as 'Mailu' as one of the major villages speaking this language is the village of that name on Mailu Island. It is related to the other languages of the Mailuan family (Ma, Laua, Morawa, Neme'a, Domu and Bauwaki whose speakers live or lived inland of this area). Ma and Laua are now extinct. Magi speakers have for a long time had close contacts and (probably extensive) integration with Austronesian speakers, with the result that there has been a significant adoption of Austronesian vocabulary (around 30–40%, particularly Magori, Gadaisu, Suau, Ouma, Yoba and Bina, of which the last three are now extinct). In turn, Magori (as well as Yoba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu
Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu (born c. 1956) is a Kenyan politician. He served as the Kenyan Minister of Health. Early life Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu was born circa 1956. He attended schools in Kyulu and Kangundo until he went to Friends School Kamusinga. He graduated from the University of Nairobi and earned a master's degree in medical genetics from the University of Glasgow. Career Mailu started his career as an intern at the Kenyatta National Hospital. Mailu was the founding director of its department of medical genetics in 1989. From 1995 to 2000, he worked for the Ministry of Health and led an anti-polio campaign. Mailu subsequently worked for Unicef and the World Health Organization in Malawi and Zambia. Mailu became the first African CEO of The Nairobi Hospital in 2003. On 2 August 2018, Mailu presented his credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) as the new Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UNOG. Mailu is Chairing the Meeting of St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |