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Kaffir Folk-lore: A Selection from the Traditional Tales is a book by George McCall Theal published in 1882. It is sometimes called Kaffir (Xhosa) Folk-lore or even Xhosa Folk-lore to avoid the word kaffir, which has since become a derogatory term (in the time the book was written, however, it was frequently used to refer to the Xhosa people [citation needed]).
Dianne Stewart (born 4 March 1952) is a South African author who has published over 40 books for adults and for children. [1] She writes in English, and her books have been translated both into African languages, including Xhosa, [2] Zulu, [3] Sotho, [4] and Afrikaans, [5] and European languages, including French, [6] Spanish, [7] and Swedish.
Xhosa (/ ˈ k ɔː s ə / KAW-sə or / ˈ k oʊ s ə / KOH-sə, [5] [6] [7] Xhosa: [ᵏǁʰôːsa] ⓘ), formerly spelled Xosa and also known by its local name isiXhosa, is a Nguni language, indigenous to Southern Africa and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. [8]
Ityala Lamawele ("The Lawsuit of the Twins") is the first extant novel in the Xhosa language.It was written by Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi (1875–1945) and published in 1914, by the Lovedale Press.
During this time, many Xhosa herds were plagued with "lung sickness", [citation needed] possibly introduced by European cattle.Mhlakaza did not believe her at first but when Nongqawuse described one of the men, Mhlakaza (himself a diviner) recognised the description as that of his dead brother, and became convinced she was telling the truth. [6]
The Nguni people are a linguistic cultural group of Bantu cattle herders who migrated from central Africa into Southern Africa, made up of ethnic groups formed from iron age and proto-agrarians, with offshoots in neighboring colonially-created countries in Southern Africa.
The Child with a Moon on his Chest is a South African folktale from the Sotho people. It is related to the cycle of the Calumniated Wife , and is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 707, " The Three Golden Children ".
Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe was born on 24 October 1958 in Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal, [1] to a Xhosa mother and a Zulu father. Gcina's father worked at an oil company in Jacobs, South Durban basin, while her mother worked as a domestic worker.