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Ulwaluko, traditional circumcision and initiation from childhood to adulthood, is an ancient initiation rite practised (though not exclusively) by the Xhosa people, and is commonly practised throughout South Africa. The ritual is traditionally intended as a teaching institution, to prepare young males for the responsibilities of manhood. [1]
Lebollo la banna is a Sesotho term for male initiation.. Lebollo is a cultural and traditional practice that transitions boys in the Basotho society to manhood. It is a rite of passage where bashanyana or bashemane (transl. "uncircumcised boys") pass puberty and enter adulthood to become monna (transl. "men") by circumcision.
These books began as educational tools for young children to tell stories and can still be a useful format for pre-literature children. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] However, some more recent wordless picture books require the reader to be acquainted with conventions around reading books and can be a fun challenge for older readers. [ 1 ]
Longman's New Concept English by L. G. Alexander is a popular English language textbook teaching the British rules of English. The course was first published on October 30, 1967. [1] A revised edition, which was "specifically prepared for Chinese learners", [2] came out in 1997. The course consists of four components: The Students' Book; The ...
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By 1154, he had completed an initial version of the text which he read to his students in Paris during the 1156–7 academic year. The following term, he had significantly revised the Sentences, and this became the definitive version. [11] The first major manuscript of the Sentences was copied by Michael of Ireland in 1158. There are nearly 900 ...
Mufwene received his Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Chicago in 1979. [3]He has worked extensively on the development of creole languages, especially Gullah and Jamaican Creole, on the morphosyntax of Bantu languages, especially Kituba, Lingala, and Kiyansi (the last of which he speaks natively [4]), and on African American Vernacular English. [5]
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World is a 2005 historical non-fiction book, by Nicholas Ostler. The 640-page book seeks to provide new insights into the spread and decline of large languages , especially exploring certain lingua francas around the world.