This is the 8th of 9 #HeritageMonth threads looking at clans or nations described by their ancestors in their languages in the 1930s & 1940s. We have looked at the history of the Mmatshaka’s Batlokwa, and read about the amaSwazi who moved to Pietermaritzburg in the 1840s.
1/17 Other posts looked at the culture of the Babirwa, the history of the Makgolokwe, the tragic story of Mpandesi and the amaSwazi in the 1830s and the movement of the Mašašane people north towards Polokwane from KwaZulu-Natal.
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When our translation team came across verses of poetry or song, the challenge of rendering them in English was so much greater than with the histories and recipes and other plain speech in the rest of the #AncestralVoices collection.
1/9 While these verses sometimes contain #LostWords or Lost Meanings, they are different from yesterday’s examples. They are poetic, evocative, and complex.
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While transcribing and translating the 342 writings currently in the Ancestral Voices Collection, our translation team comes across words, phrases and verses of poetry that challenge them greatly.
1/13 This week, in celebration of Heritage Month and in partnership with the South African National Lexicography Units, @SALexiUnits, we’re beginning our #LostWords project.
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This is the seventh of nine Heritage Month threads looking at specific clans or nations as described by their ancestors in their languages in the 1930s and 1940s.
#AncestralVoices #HeritageMonth
1/18 We have looked at the history of the Mmatshaka’s Batlokwa, and read about the amaSwazi who moved to Pietermaritzburg in the 1840s.
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