Xhosa literature is the spoken and written literature of the Xhosa people of Southern Africa. The Xhosa language is spoken in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Xhosaliterature is the spoken and written literature of the Xhosa people of Southern Africa. The Xhosa language is spoken in South Africa and Zimbabwe...
The Xhosa people, or Xhosa-speaking people (/ˈkɔːsə/ KAW-sə, /ˈkoʊsə/ KOH-sə; Xhosa pronunciation: [kǁʰɔ́ːsa] ) are a Bantu ethnic group native to South...
since 1983, where he teaches Xhosaliterature and language, and studies isiXhosa poetry. He has served on various Xhosa language boards since 1984 and...
Lovedale Press. Since that time it has been a significant influence on isiXhosaliterature. The story is set in the time of the historical King Hintsa kaKhawuta...
South African literature is the literature of South Africa, which has 11 national languages: Afrikaans, English, Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Pedi, Tswana, Venda...
(Xhosa pronunciation: [noᵑǃʱawuːse]; c. 1841 – 1898) was a Xhosa prophet. Her prophecies led to a millenarian movement that culminated in the Xhosa cattle-killing...
An imbongi (plural iimbongi), or a Xhosa Praise Poet, is a member of the Xhosa community who performs ceremonial activities at important events. An imbongi...
literature is the literature by people from formerly colonized countries, originating from all continents except Antarctica. Postcolonial literature often...
This article focuses on the history of 19th century Xhosa language newspapers in South Africa. The first Nguni language newspapers in South Africa were...
Edward Krune Mqhayi (S. E. K. Mqhayi, 1 December 1875 – 29 July 1945) was a Xhosa dramatist, essayist, critic, novelist, historian, biographer, translator...
South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary and...
associate of Ntsikana, who had played a key role in Xhosaliterature, as well as in the Xhosa's conversion to Christianity. Gqoba attended the Mission...
Zimbabwe and Kingdom of eSwatini) by the Nguni people. Nguni languages include Xhosa, Hlubi, Zulu, Ndebele, and Swati. The appellation "Nguni" derives from the...
This novel, considered as one of the masterpieces of Xhosa writing and South African literature, was translated into Afrikaans as Die Toorn van die Voorvaders...
The amaMfengu (in the Xhosa language Mfengu, plural amafengu) were a group of Xhosa clans whose ancestors were refugees that fled from the Mfecane in...
Umoya Wembongi Collected Poems (1922-1935). The Opland Collection of XhosaLiterature. Translated by Peter T. Mtuze. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. ISBN 978-1869143121...
St John Page Yako (1901 – 1977) was a Qokolweni-born Xhosa poet and professor of Xhosaliterature in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. A translation of one...
consonant clusters, such as Xhosa [sᵑǃɔɓilɛ] Snqobile, from Sinqobile (a name), and [isǁʰɔsa] isXhosa, from isiXhosa (the Xhosa language). Like other articulatorily...
Izibongo is a genre of oral literature among various Bantu peoples of Southern Africa, including the Zulu and the Xhosa. While it is often considered...
Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa. The country's main languages are Shona, spoken by only 42% of the population...
a South African poet, "the first and only major female poet to write in Xhosa". Her poems were published in Umteteli wa Bantu, a multilingual weekly Johannesburg...
incorporated into the Cape Colony after the Xhosa people suffered from a great famine following the Xhosa cattle-killing movement of 1856–57 and required...
Social Work from Columbia University. She starred as Singisa in the isiXhosa classic drama Ityala Lamawele. She worked in various capacities for the...
the President of South Africa to South African citizens. Ikhamanga is the Xhosa name for Strelitzia reginae, a flower. The order has three classes: Gold...
the Cape Coloured population are descended from African Khoisan women and Xhosa women. In other parts of Southern Africa, people classified as Coloured...
sang in all South African languages like Venda, Shangaan, Sotho, Zulu and Xhosa. The industry has also been joined by the likes of Hlengiwe Mhlaba (whose...
the 2011 census, the two most spoken first languages are Zulu (22.7%) and Xhosa (16.0%). The next two are of European origin: Afrikaans (13.5%) developed...
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