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NguniCluster of related ethnic groups living in South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. They include the Xhosa, Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele. They speak very closely related Bantu languages—some of which are unique among Niger-Congo languages in having click sounds, absorbed from contact with their Khoisan-speaking neighbours. The Nguni were dispersed from their original homeland in what is now Eastern Cape province and KwaZulu-Natal by the Mfecane disturbances of the 1820s and the expansion of European power. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Nel's historical overview is followed by a recitation of the history of telephone wire baskets in a different form: a "Song of Praise" modeled on Nguni praise songs. Hammond-Tooke, "Symbolic Structure of Cape Nguni Cosmology," in Michael G. For example, the Nguni peoples who settled on the eastern seaboard had little to do with the Sotho and much less to do with the Khoisan at the Cape. |
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