Articles tagged ‘Afrikaans’
South African Literature
By Peter Baxter | June 6th, 2008 |
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Growing up I lived and breathed the work of South African writers like Stuart Cloete, who chronicled the history of white South Africa in factual novels that appealed very much to a child steeped in the ideals of empire. Cloete related rather one sided tales of the Great Trek, the Anglo/Zulu War, the Anglo/Boer War, [...]
South African Phrases: - Xhosa
By Philip | December 5th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
South Africa has 11 official languages! Fortunately one of those is English and many people speak it…. However.
Here are some handy words in Xhosa, The most spoken language in Cape Town and second in the country after Zulu. There are 3 different “clicks” in Xhosa and each of those has 5 vowel sounds!
Musical Explores SA’s Slave Roots
By Ben | July 13th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Don’t miss the chance to catch the songs of South Africa’s own Woodward and Bernstein, I mean Rogers and Hammerstein, I mean Gilbert and Sullivan (!) - David Kramer and Taliep Petersen, who have brought their smash-hit musical Ghoema to the University of Johannesburg Arts Centre, where it runs until July 23.
In fact, the musical [...]
Easy Afrikaans: Saying “Hello”
By Ben | May 31st, 2006 | 4 Comments »
To many English-speakers’ ears, Afrikaans sounds a lot like German, or a cross between German and Dutch. But while its Germanic roots certainly have a lot to do with how it’s spoken today, Afrikaans has also been influenced by Indonesian and, of course, African languages.
Afrikaans carries quite a lot of political baggage, being the language [...]
