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Vocab: He kept saying “that's my man”, Walter kept bragging and praising Kenyatta. He was thumping his chest tryna show pride and his confidence. He was yelling “flaming spears” and saying Jomo and him(Walter). Jomo means kikuyu for flaming spear. Walter is also talking about walking the lion and chanting “owimoweh”. Owimoweh is the title if an african chant, referring to the walk of the lion. After looking for a while, he thinks that he is the leader of descendant of chaka. A great zulu leader and military leader.

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