Jan 11, 2025
Xhosa teenager with guitar, 1976
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Xhosa teenager with guitar, 1976
It's getting kinda hard to find images of "iimpundulu zonke ziyandilandela" (Impundulu constantly follows me) by Nicholas Hlobo so I wanted to archive a collection somewhere. Something about this piece is very upsetting and foul to me and I absolutely love it.
The high hanging images are from inside the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, the lowered ones are from the 2011 Venice Biennale (thanks @ wfl-art!)
choose a favourite xhosa word i've learned in my course so far
shap (hello/good/thanks/you're welcome/etc) [transliterated from "sharp"]
isitshixo (key) [probably onomatopoeic]
walala wasala (you snooze you lose)
uqongqothwane (toktokkie) [beetle named for its clicking sound]
ikatana (kitten)
isithuthuthu (motorbike) [also onomatopoeic]
Xhosa duo, South Africa, by Uyinqaba Designs
which language do you find most pleasing to the ears
english
french
german
turkish
arabic
hebrew
xhosa
japanese
chinese
russian
hindi
punjabi
Do you like this song? #681
Yes I like it, I already know it
Yes I like it, first time listening
No I don't like it, I already know it
No I don't like it, first time listening
Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata 1967
Zenzile Miriam Makeba, nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. She was born in Johannesburg to Swazi and Xhosa parents, and is associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa.
"Pata Pata" is an Afro-pop dance song, considered by many to be Makeba's signature hit and it has since been recorded by many artists. The song's title means "touch touch" in the Xhosa language, in which the song was originally written and sung. "Pata Pata" was also the name of a style of dance that was popular in the shebeens of Johannesburg's Townships in the mid-1950s. Makeba's "Pata Pata" was originally sung, recorded, and released in South Africa by Makeba's girl group The Skylarks in either 1956 or 1959. In 1967, after establishing a successful singing career in the US, Makeba re-recorded the song with Jerry Ragovoy producing, and with an added spoken part in English. Ragovoy was then billed as the co-writer of the words and music. The single peaked at #12 on the Billboard chart. On the night she died, Miriam Makeba performed "Pata Pata" just before she collapsed on stage.
"Pata Pata" received a total of 75,6% yes votes! Previous Miriam Makeba-related polls: #599 "Makeba".
IT ATE MY LINK IM SO SORRY 😭😭😭
In case it eats it again she's @/africanxhosaasmr on youtube, or search African Xhosa ASMR. But yeah she does educational content in her ASMR she's one of my favorites! She has other social media too if yt isn't your thing
Hello, Molo, Sawubona, Hallo, Haai, Dumela, Avuxeni, Aa! I am a proudly South African Xhosa girl from a small village in the Eastern Cape
I would love to learn! Even some basic things, I'd love to understand. Thank you!
Xhosa Maximalism
