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The Xhosa people(/ ˈ k ɔː s ə / KAW-sə, / ˈ k oʊ s ə / KOH-sə; [2] [3] [4] Xhosa pronunciation: [kǁʰɔ́ːsa] ⓘ) are a Bantu ethnic group and tribe that originated in Southern African or migrated over centuries into Southern Africa eventually settled in South Africa South Africa.
Zulu is the most widely spoken language in South Africa, where it is an official language. More than half of the South African population can understand it, with over 13.78 million first-language and over 15 million second-language speakers. [9] Many Zulu people also speak Xitsonga, Sesotho and others from among South Africa's 12 official ...
Duma Kumalo, South African human rights activist and one of the Sharpeville Six; Dumisani Kumalo, South African politician; Ellen Kuzwayo, political activist; Anton Lembede, political activist; Chief Albert Luthuli, President of the African National Congress and first South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Eland, rock painting, Drakensberg, South Africa. The oldest art objects in the world were discovered in a South African cave. Dating from 75,000 years ago, these small drilled snail shells could have no other function than to have been strung on a string as a necklace. South Africa was one of the cradles of the human species.
The art found in the traditional homestead of the Ndebele people dates back to a thousand years and is evidenced by the rock art found in the Matopos [2] [3] attributed to the Khoi-San. [ 4 ] [ 1 ] [ 5 ] In 2016 the US Ambassador's' fund for Cultural preservation (AFCP) [ 6 ] awarded a grant to document the Ndebele traditional art form of hut ...
The history of the Ndebele people begin with the Bantu Migrations southwards from the Great Lakes region of East Africa. Bantu speaking peoples moved across the Limpopo river into modern day South Africa and over time assimilated and conquered the indigenous San people in the North Eastern regions of South Africa.
In modern South Africa, the integration of such tribes has led to a social cohesion drive where some of the Tsonga people believe they face an identity crisis as a result of perceived tribalism of the Ndwandwe Shangaan tribe against the original Tsonga tribes. [15]
During the establishment and the time throughout the 18th century Cape Colony, South Africa was referred to as The Country of the Hottentots and Caffria, [6] (Hottentot is a deprecated reference to the Khoisan people of Western Cape, South Africa, while Caffria stemming from Kafir/Kaffir which is now an offensive racial slur to South African ...