Word: xhosas
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English is the most widely used of South Africa's 11 official languages, but visitors are likely to encounter several regional tongues - Afrikaans in the Western Cape, Xhosa in the Eastern Cape, Zulu in KwaZulu-Natal, Sotho in the Free State - when traveling through the country. There's also a hybrid dialect called Fanagalo (do like this) that dates back to the days when black Africans were recruited for work in the white-owned Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits...
...addition to teaching languages widely-spoken in Africa such as Hausa, Swahili, Xhosa and Zulu every year, the department will respond to student interests to hire native speakers on an as-needed basis to teach African languages not currently offered. The teachers must have college degrees, and John M. Mugane, the director of the African Languages Program, will oversee the teachers to ensure accountability...
Facility in any one of the three main languages—Hausa from West Africa, Swahili from East Africa and Zulu or its cousin Xhosa from South Africa—would enable students hoping to study in those parts of Africa to communicate successfully...
Applications for the position of a junior preceptor who can teach at least two West African languages (Yoruba and Hausa, Mugane hopes) will be reviewed today, according to Akyeampong. The South African languages of Zulu and Xhosa will also be offered...
...humanity and emotion of both its Afrikaaner and black South African subjects. The movie tells the story of black South African freedom music and how it articulated and embodied the people’s spirit during the struggle to end apartheid. “Amandla,” the Xhosa word for “power,” was the rallying cry that activists used to punctuate the end of many songs. Amandla is a compilation of personal interviews, musical performances, reenactment and original clippings from newsreels and films of rallies. Images and songs are allowed to present themselves...