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Mbalango wa Alice eTikweni ra Swihlamariso: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Shangani by Lewis Carroll; John Tenniel; Byron W Sewell; Peniah Mabaso; Steyn Khesani Madlome is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Mbalango wa Alice eTikweni ra Swihlamariso: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Shangani about?

Shangani is a cross-border language spoken mainly in four Southern African countries: Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa, and Mozambique. In all the countries the language is spoken, it is referred to by different names. In South Africa, it is known as Tsonga; in Mozambique, it is known as XiChangana. In Zimbabwe, it is known as Shangani although only a variety of the language referred to as Hlengwe (Bannerman 1972:36) or Tswa (Guthrie 1967) is used. Shangani speakers have become a divided and differentiated people because of the colonialism which led to the partition of Africa. Funnel (2004) notes that the partition of Africa led to the separation of several ethnic groups which lived along geographical markers that were used as country boundaries. The Limpopo River was used as a political boundary to demarcate the south-eastern border of Zimbabwe and this geographical boundary divided the Shangani people, who now live on either sides of the Limpopo River. The Gonarezhou National Park also separated the Shangani people into Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The separation of these ethnic groups gave rise to what are now commonly referred to as cross-border languages. In Southern Africa, the

Author

Lewis Carroll; John Tenniel; Byron W Sewell; Peniah Mabaso; Steyn Khesani Madlome

Publisher

Evertype

Published

2015

Language

TS

ISBN

9781782011231

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Children'S, Humanities