Afrikaans

in the poem. Coloured people experience a state of liminality because they occupy a marginal borderline of being neither black or white. Beyond that, Opperman is trying to give a voice to both the oppressor and the oppressed by making use of both Afrikaans and English, and making reference to a “brown” child, whom is neither “white” or…

character undergoes dramatic changes in book one of The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. Many of these changes occur when Peekay crosses the threshold into a new world and meets new mentors. His journey in the first part of the novel starts at the Afrikaans boarding school where Peekay learns the art of camouflage. Then the journey moves to the train to Barberton where Peekay learns how to defend himself. After that, the journey moves to the town of Barberton which brings him to Barberton…

The multiracial churches, some segments of the African independent churches, the Black (formerly ‘mission’) churches of the NGK, as well as some leaders of the Afrikaans churches are already assuming a more prophetic stance, and could play a mediating role in the inevitable conflict. However severely many may criticize the church for not opposing apartheid more vigorously, the truth is that the church has gathered…

“While the government planned to educate Africans to submission...A shortage of Afrikaans-speaking teachers and a lack of suitable textbooks had resulted in English and African languages being used as the languages of instruction” (Clark 82). This ultimately led to the many of the youths being ignorant of what current events actually were as the main language of the “oppressors” was Afrikaans which ultimately led to more riots and deaths. Mtshali argues that many poets write in English…

All of these names are derived from my names. Lizka is short for Elizka, and is my favourite name by far. All the other fish-related names are due to my surname; Visser, with the “vis-” part in it. “Vis” is Afrikaans for “fish”. For me, nicknames form a really special part of relationships with friends. They are a symbol of the bond between loved ones. Only my close friends have the privilege of calling me those names. My family don’t really use nicknames…

Khoisan languages are facing a decline of speakers and subsequently these figures can further decline for the reason that minority languages usually have a decline in speakers rather than a gain. In Tanzania there are 126 languages so it would take an enormous growth of population in the Khoisan region for the minority language to become a majority language among all the other languages in Tanzania. Minority languages have a small amount of speakers belonging to a minority group. Khoisan is a…

sentiment. I’ve always wondered how South Africans felt amidst these tensions and how day-to-day interactions were affected by such intense political turmoil; that’s when my mom introduced me to Fiela’s Child, a South African novel originally written in Afrikaans by Dalene Matthee, who published a total of thirteen books during her lifetime (Dalene Matthee). Translated into English, German, Dutch, French, Hebrew, Slovenian, and Swedish, the tale offers insight into the state of…

Nepal trekking information Nepal trekking information is important for a safe hiking and responsible tourism along the mountain route. Trekker should have general knowledge about trekking region, such as controlled, normal or guided, types of trek, grades, and cost of package with guide, porter, transport, food, national park permit and TIMS card. Season and estimated weather with temperature, transport facility, proper equipment, altitude sickness, medicine, accommodation, and safety rules…

(1) WHAT ARE MY RACIAL, ETHNIC, NATIONAL ORIGINS? I am a proud citizen of South Africa. I grew up in Gauteng in Johannesburg. I am Afrikaans speaking and English as my second language. But Afrikaans is my native language. Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. It progressed from the Dutch vernacular of South Holland spoken by the mainly Dutch settlers of what is now South Africa, where it progressively began to develop unique…

The social history of WhSAfE starts with the establishment of a trading and re-freshment station by the Dutch in the Eastern Cape at the end of the 18th century, con-trolled by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and frequented by British ships on their itinerary to the Far East (see Bowerman 2013: 512; Bowerman 2008b: 164). Due to the military capture of the Netherlands and its oversea possessions by Napoleon, the station, together with the surrounding area, was taken over by the British in 1795…