B. Peires, The House of Phalo: A History of the Xhosa People in the Days of Their Independence. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, University of California Press, 1982, x, 281, pp., plates, figures, maps, $ 27.50 cloth, $ 10.95 paper.Journal of Asian and African Studies. 1986...
is the first of its kind on the history of the Ngqushwa region, part of the Amathole district of the Eastern Cape. It covers the history of the Xhosa from pre-colonial days up to 1994 and has many photos, paintings and images of the people, the Xhosa and the towns of Peddie and H...
In enacting his ritual of kingship, the Xhosa imbongi (praise poet) in South Africa is marked by his accoutrements and his artistic performance as separated from society; he assumes a sacred stance in a transitional position and effects the social incorporation of his audiences; he mediates ...
Faku: Rulership and Colonialism in the Mpondo Kingdom (c. 1780-1867) Appendices / 167 Appendix 3 Chronology of Major Events c.1780 Faku's birth c.1800 Birth of Ndamase, Faku's first son 1811 British army push western Xhosa e... TJ Stapleton - 《Faku》 被引量: 18发表: 2001年 ...
Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, into a royal family of the Xhosa-speaking Thembu tribe in the South African village of Mvezo, where his father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa (c. 1880-1928), served as chief. His mother, Nosekeni Fanny, was the third of Mphakanyiswa’s four wi...
What does the word "Ubuntu" Mean? The word "Ubuntu" is an ancient Zulu and Xhosa word that means "humanity to others". Ubuntu also means "I am what I am because of who we all are". It was chosen because these sentiments precisely describe the spirit of the Ubuntu distribution. eBook...
Xhosa clan names are family... LM Surhone,MT Timpledon,SF Marseken - Betascript Publishing 被引量: 0发表: 2010年 First Names in the Parish of Miholec since World War II This paper provides research on first names in the Parish of Miholec since the Second World War. Following a brief ...
In 1862 the British arrived in South Africa demanding control of all of the land. One of the most famous tribes who rebelled was the Xhosa. They fought a total of nine wars, but the streak came to an end when they were finally defeated in 1878. Valuable resources such as diamonds were...
Sesotho was one of the first African languages to develop a written form and it has an extensive literature. English is the second official language, dating back to 1868 when Lesotho was placed under the British for protection against South African aggression. Zulu and Xhosa are spoken by a ...
In South Africa, for instance, all our advertising had to appear in not one, but three languages – English, Zulu and Xhosa. In the UK, we needed to replace ’s blue tin with plastic packaging when we realized that British people associated the aluminum tins with shoe polish. In cold co...