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  2. Ndebele house painting - Wikipedia

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    During the 18th century, the Ndzundza Ndebele people of South Africa created their tradition and style of house painting. Until the late 1900s, the Ndebele noted warriors and large landowners. In the autumn of 1883, they went to war with the neighboring Boers. The loss of the war brought on a harsh life and horrible punishments for the Ndebele.

  3. Khoisan - Wikipedia

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    Khoisan (/ ˈkɔɪsɑːn / KOY-sahn) or Khoe-Sān (pronounced [kxʰoesaːn]) is a catch-all term for the indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who traditionally speak non- Bantu languages, combining the Khoekhoen and the Sān peoples. Khoisan populations traditionally speak click languages and are considered to be the historical communities ...

  4. Culture of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    South Africa is known for its ethnic and cultural diversity. Almost all South Africans speak English to some degree of proficiency, in addition to their native language, with English acting as a lingua franca in commerce, education, and government. [1][2] South Africa has eleven official languages, but other indigenous languages are spoken by ...

  5. High-context and low-context cultures - Wikipedia

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    In anthropology, high-context and low-context cultures are ends of a continuum of how explicit the messages exchanged in a culture are and how important the context is in communication. The distinction between cultures with high and low contexts is intended to draw attention to variations in both spoken and non-spoken forms of communication. [1]

  6. Xhosa people - Wikipedia

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    IsiXhosa. Country. KwaXhosa. The Xhosa people, or Xhosa -speaking people (/ ˈkɔːsə / KAW-sə, / ˈkoʊsə / KOH-sə; [2][3][4] Xhosa pronunciation: [kǁʰɔ́ːsa] ⓘ) are a Bantu ethnic group native to South Africa. They are the second largest ethnic group in South Africa and are native speakers of the isiXhosa language.

  7. San people - Wikipedia

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    The territories shaded blue and green, and those to their east, are those of San peoples. The San peoples (also Saan), or Bushmen, are the members of any of the indigenous hunter-gatherer cultures of southern Africa, and the oldest surviving cultures of the region. [2] Their recent ancestral territories span Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia ...

  8. List of South African slang words - Wikipedia

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    Original Afrikaans translation for "bunk-bed" is "stapelbed". Riet ("Reed") refers to the bunk bed frame's flimsy appearance while "kooi" is the slang term for a bed (specifically a single-bed), derived from the Capetonian dialect. "Kooi" is still in use in the Southern regions. rol – ("roll") A fight or brawl.

  9. South African English - Wikipedia

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    Indian South African English. [edit] Indian South African English (ISAE) is a sub-variety that developed among the descendants of Indian immigrants to South Africa. [ 1 ] The Apartheid policy, in effect from 1948 to 1991, prevented Indian children from publicly interacting with people of English heritage.