The beautiful thing about history is that it can help us develop a more complex understanding of the things we consider natural in our daily lives. People like to believe that their languages have ...

IN 1991 AMERICAN audiences had an introduction to Xhosa, one of South Africa’s most click-filled languages, when Miriam Makeba (pictured) appeared on “The Cosby Show”. When the celebrated South ...

A Xhosa language school in Cape Town has ventured onto the social networking scene, for a different reason than most, namely to teach language. Building a fluent nation, one tweet at a time In 2009 ...

It is appropriate that the opening track on King Of Xhosa, is a hand drum invocation and an introduction in the Xhosa language of South Africa, as that is exactly where the origins and influences of ...

The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) on Tuesday launched the isiXhosa gender terminology booklet with the newest gender and sexuality terminologies translated to the Xhosa language. The isiXhosa ...

The second-oldest colonial city in South Africa, Port Elizabeth, has a new name. It mixes some of the unique linguistics of the Xhosa language, yet many South Africans are struggling to pronounce it.

The artist Nicholas Hlobo‘s studio is in a converted ex-synagogue in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is now a different kind of sanctuary, providing the space for him to create intricate, textured ...

Blood Orange's Devonté Hynes and Terrible Records' Ethan Silverman have a show on the online radio station Know-Wave called "Yak Radio". (Previously, Julian Casablancas was a guest.) Yesterday's ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) South Africa has 12 official languages . The two most dominant are isizulu and isixhosa . While the zulu and xhosa people share a rich common history, they have also found ...

South Africa has 12 official languages. The two most dominant are isiZulu and isiXhosa. While the Zulu and Xhosa people share a rich common history, they have also found themselves engaged in ethnic ...