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The Click Song by Miriam Makeba --- CONNECTION --- Mom & Miriam help me master the click in ‘Xhosa’

erinbosen wrote 2 weeks ago: The Click Song sung my Miriam Makeba. Another one of my favorites; where did that naughty littl … more →

Tags: Music, Personality, language, Lesson, miriam makeba, pronunciation

Xhosa: Hamba kakuhle!

37languages wrote 1 month ago: Well, that was interesting. Xhosa, in all respects, is just as cool as its name. And perhaps more ta … more →

Tags: clicks, isiXhosa

Get your free cookies right here!1 comment

kathyerskine wrote 1 month ago: KHAYA COOKIES! A free box of KHAYA COOKIES — my favorite! — will be sent to the next 3 … more →

Tags: Alicia Polak, Cookies, Khaya, South Africa

Cultural Mashups1 comment

Hasina Suliman wrote 1 month ago: Since my job hunting post, being in a new working environment leaves much to be discovered, with a p … more →

Tags: Bits of Me, Abstracts, South Africa, my work, njalo njalo

Xhosa: Ndilahlekile ...1 comment

37languages wrote 1 month ago: Ah … Xhosa! We’ve made it to one of the few African languages in the blog, and without a … more →

Tags: Bantu, clicks, henry hare dugmore, isiXhosa, miriam makeba

Easter Communion1 comment

john ross wrote 3 months ago: Effie and Elizabeth (May 2007)   Effie Macleod died in 2007, in her late nineties. She was a dearly … more →

Tags: Communion, missionary, Free Church Southern Africa

Lost in translation2 comments

ptakahashi wrote 3 months ago: In my short time here, I’ve come to understand that South African English is a language of its … more →

Tags: johannesburg, The Times, SABC, south african english, WorDs, Z, Robot, howzit, voxpop

Xhosa Get Together

tehams wrote 3 months ago: A few of us got together last night for a little potluck party. It went pretty well. We spent some t … more →

Photo shoot with Gaba

inkokelo wrote 4 months ago: Masixole getting ready for the photo shoot by the river While shooting a portrait for Masixole Nkum … more →

Tags: Photo Shoot, Audio, GABA, clan names, Heritage

Glowing with Pride

john ross wrote 4 months ago:     Dumisani faculty, graduates and awardees, 2009 We are told that pride is sin. But there is, I … more →

Tags: Christian, Dumisani, missionary, Theological Education, Graduation

Time to Start Learning Xhosa

tehams wrote 4 months ago: Received my Teach Yourself Xhosa book and CDs today.  This should be fun but, maybe more difficult t … more →

Learning Xhosa

tehams wrote 4 months ago: Ordered Teach Yourself Xhosa from Amazon.com today.  Xhosa is the language of our host families in S … more →

New Books: The Death of Hintsa

Sean Jacobs wrote 5 months ago: Cape Town historian Premesh Lalu’s fascinating study The Death of Hintsa has just been publis … more →

Tags: Books, The Death of Hintsa, Premesh Lalu, South African history, postcolonial history, Nicholas Gcaleka

Cutting grass under the lemon tree

john ross wrote 6 months ago: lemon tree (left), guava tree (middle), young banana (right). I have just spend the morning of New … more →

Tags: Christian, missionary, Matthew Parris, Mowing grass

The Lemon Tree and Liturgy

john ross wrote 7 months ago: Xhosa girls, Somerset East: photo by Eliz. Ross It is Sunday evening and it is now dark bu … more →

Tags: Liturgy, Free Church of Scotland, Westminster Confession, Worship, Apostle's Creed, lords prayer

Throat Singing

znaniye wrote 7 months ago: Throat singing is one of the world’s oldest and most unique styles of music. It’s perfor … more →

Tags: Music, throat singing, Tuva, Russia, Inuit

R.I.P The Great Miriam Makeba

addisabram wrote 8 months ago:   When I was a child I used to listen to one of Miriam Makebas’ interpretation of a class … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Ethiopia, Africa, miriam makeba, South Africa

Miriam Makeba, 1932-2008

stamperoo wrote 8 months ago: Miriam Makeba’s Pata Pata is one of my favourite songs of all time. It was the soundtrack to … more →

Tags: videoslaps, Badassery, Heartwarming, Music, Nostalgia, Politics / World Issues, miriam makeba, Pata Pata, South Africa

A TRIBUTE TO MAMA AFRICA

prospero wrote 8 months ago: There is nothing Prospero can say about what he feels as a personal loss. Miriam Makeba, Mama A … more →

Tags: Music, language


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