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  2. Nicholas Hlobo - Wikipedia

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    As a male born into a colonial Zulu culture, Hlobo was both baptized in a Christian church, as an infant, and made an imbeleko in a Xhosa tradition that introduces young Xhosa men to the spiritual realm. The artist was also given two names : Nicholas and Batandwa, which means "beloved" or "beloved people" in Xhosa.

  3. Azanian People's Organisation - Wikipedia

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    The organisation's women's wing is Imbeleko Women's Organisation, simply known as IMBELEKO. Its inspiration is drawn from the Black Consciousness Movement inspired philosophy of Black Consciousness developed by Steve Biko , Harry Nengwekhulu, Abram Onkgopotse Tiro , Vuyelwa Mashalaba and others, as well as Marxist Scientific Socialism .

  4. Xhosa people - Wikipedia

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    Each stage is marked by a specific ritual aimed at introducing the individual to their counterparts and also to their ancestors. Starting from imbeleko, a ritual performed to introduce a new born to the ancestors, to umphumo (the homecoming), from inkwenkwe (a boy) to indoda (a man). These rituals and ceremonies are sacrosanct to the identity ...

  5. Zulu calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Zulu calendar is the traditional lunisolar calendar used by the Zulu people of South Africa. [1] Its new year begins at the new moon of uMandulo(September) in the Gregorian calendar . The Zulu calendar is divided into two seasons, the summer iHlobo and Winter ubuSika . [ 2 ]

  6. Zulu people - Wikipedia

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    The Zulu were originally a minor clan in what is today Northern KwaZulu-Natal, founded c. 1574 by Zulu kaMalandela.In the Nguni languages, iZulu means heaven or weather. At that time, the area was occupied by many large Nguni communities and clans (also called the isizwe people or nation, or called isibongo, referring to their clan or family name).

  7. List of English words of Zulu origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of words of Zulu origin attested in use by speakers of South African English. abatagati (from abathakathi, a word also used in Xhosa; cf. synonymous umtagati, a borrowing into South African English from other Nguni languages) witches, warlocks, or other practitioners of magic for evil purposes [1]

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  9. Zulu language - Wikipedia

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    Zulu (/ ˈ z uː l uː / ZOO-loo), or isiZulu as an endonym, is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken in, and indigenous to, Southern Africa.It is the language of the Zulu people, with about 13.56 million native speakers, who primarily inhabit the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. [3]