This post is the second part in a series on gender or ubulili ngesiZulu. Please read the first part if you’re lost at any point. The essential word for human is umuntu. Though it has a related connotation of African human, it is the most generic word. From it are derived the word for child […]
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It’s been four months since our last lesson. I realise that as my brain sends the car down unconscious turns, around familiar doglegs and across cautious intersections, through the streets spattered unexpectedly ngomkhemezelo-nje, ngovivi lokusa. The radio plays in the background – Ezanamuhla on uKhozi FM, JGZ spouting promises of an end to corruption while union leaders […]