"UUZURI MEANS BEAUTY." TOM FEELINGS (1933-2003) "Uuzuri means beauty." Interior illustration published in the book, Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings (London: Puffin, 1974). Ink, tempera, and linseed oil on tissue paper.
Jambo Means Hello is an abecedarium of Swahili terms for the 24 letters in the Swahili alphabet. It won the 1974 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Picture Book and was awarded a Caldecott Honor in 1975. The illustrations, double-page spreads, create a picture of village life in East Africa, where Swahili is the language of 45 million people. br /> Caption from the book: "Beauty means different things in different parts of Africa. In one it is a woman with a clean-shaven head; in another it is a great crown of braided hair."
