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Dianne Stewart (author)
Dianne Stewart (born 4 March 1952) is a South African author who has published over 40 books for adults and for children. She writes in English, and her books have been translated both into African languages, including Xhosa language, Xhosa, Zulu language, Zulu, Sotho language, Sotho, and Afrikaans, and European languages, including French, Spanish, and Swedish. Stewart's African folklore books include ''Daughter of the Moonlight and Other African Tales'' (1997), ''The Zebra's Stripes and Other African Animal Tales'' (2004), ''African Myths and Legends'' (2014), ''Folktales From Africa'' (2015), and ''The Guineafowl's Spots and Other African Bird Tales'' (2018). She has also published a book of African proverbs entitled ''Wisdom from Africa'' (2013), a book dedicated to Anthony Davey, her Xhosa language, isiXhosa professor at Rhodes University. These folklore publications have made Stewart a "household name" in the publishing of African folktales for English-speaking South African ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xhosa Language
Xhosa ( , ), formerly spelled ''Xosa'' and also known by its local name ''isiXhosa'', is a Bantu language, indigenous to Southern Africa and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Xhosa is spoken as a first language by approximately 8 million people and as a second language in South Africa, particularly in Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape and Gauteng, and also in parts of Zimbabwe and Lesotho. It has perhaps the heaviest functional load of click consonants in a Bantu language (approximately tied with Yeyi), with one count finding that 10% of basic vocabulary items contained a click. Classification Xhosa is part of the branch of Nguni languages, which also include Zulu, Southern Ndebele and Northern Ndebele, called the Zunda languages. Zunda languages effectively form a dialect continuum of variously mutually intelligible varieties. Xhosa is, to a large extent, mutually intelligible with Zulu and with other Nguni languages to a lesser e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |