Xhosa

An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument that produces sound through strings’ vibration. At different frequencies strings vibrate creating harmonic tunes. The strings mass, length and tension determine the frequency produced. The guitar is very popular in music today and a useful part of classical, reggae, blues and other genres. The guitar ancestry draws back to Arab countries, where an instrument with many strings and a gourd sized body was brought from Spain. It was called an alu’de. This…

Furthermore, food in South Africa in nothing like the food I was used to in Rwanda. Most of the food in Rwanda is naturally grown and domestic animals, such as cows, goats and sheep are fed on natural crops. This means that meat is natural and there is no use of chemical fertilizers in order to increase the amount of crop harvest. However, meat in South Africa is got from genetically modified animals and also chemical fertilizers are used to boost crop harvest. I remember the first time I went…

1. The battle of Isandlwana started after King Cetshwayo failed to reply to the outrageous Ultimatum that the British had issued. The British knew that the ultimatum was way too harsh and they knew that King Cetshwayo would never accept it and that they would go into war. What they did not know was the power of the Zulu force. They underestimated them greatly and they paid the price for it. The British wanted to control all the land and they saw it as a threat having the Zulus on the other side…

In today’s world children are growing up in places that influence their behaviors both positively and negatively depending on their location. There are many factors that have contributed to the growth of these children and their behaviors. There are communities that have indulged in drug selling and addiction that influence young children and youths to join the addiction circle. The business, however, bad, most children are attracted to the easy money not knowing the dangers involved in drugs.…

This analysis study emerged the finding, the coding, and analysis of data into two general themes presented in Lamar song TBTB: ideologies of black identity and the law enforcement discriminating black individuals. The next section will selectively code by breaking down the finding of each theme and connect the political and social oppression found within them. Theme one is the ideologies of black identity. Immediately, before even analyzing the song, the title itself present a hidden message…

Multiculturalism is a debated topic in Canada and around the world due to rising issues of identity and rights for minority groups. Will Kymlicka is a Canadian scholar who “focuses on issues of democracy and diversity, and in particular on models of citizenship and social justice within multicultural societies.” Kymlicka proposes that states should protect minority and cultural rights, attempts to categorize minorities into two groups, identifies that culture is a synonym to a nation and states…

harmony, and with equal opportunities.” This child was known worldwide as Nelson Mandela, and would soon be known as one of the world’s most famous heroes worldwide. The story begins with Mandela’s birth on July 18, 1918, into the royal family of the Xhosa-speaking Thembu tribe. Located in the South African village of Mvezo, Mandela’s father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa served as the village’s chief. Mandela’s mother, Nosekeni…

and the university has to accommodate every different kind of cultural diverse since every student arrives with different culture or belief. The diversity within students maybe their cultural understandings and languages for instance some will be Xhosa speaking, Zulu, Afrikaans, Sesotho and many while others are international students that have no main ideas of the cultures in South Africa. All these diversity of cultures have to be maintained to create one big culture that everyone adapt…

When performing any kind of research it is the idea of the writer to project what they have seen or read and through this information help guide those reading it have an understanding of what is being portrayed. The writer should know who his or her audience is in order to ensure that the correct information is provided. The project for this paper will be on the country South Africa which geographically is positioned on the south most tip of the African continent. South African has a very…

According to the African National Congress (ANC)’s Freedom Charter of 1955, all people [of South Africa] shall have the right to live where they choose, be decently housed, and to bring their families up in comfort and security...rent and prices shall be lowered...slums shall be demolished and new suburbs built where all have transport, roads, lighting, playing fields...and social centres…[and] fenced locations and ghettoes shall be abolished. When one examines the imperfect performance of the…