The official blog of UBuntu Bridge and http://www.learnxhosa.co.za, where you will find information pertaining to Xhosa language courses, Xhosa learning manuals and Xhosa Audio Cds, as well as Xhosa immersion opportunities and general cultural points of interest.
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Showing posts with label Xhosa. Show all posts
Saturday, December 14, 2013
How to pronounce Rholihlahla, Qunu, isiXhosa and Camagu
Siyabulela, tata - We are grateful.
Sizokukhumbula - We will miss you.
Camagu
Makhosi
Friday, June 7, 2013
Quite a White Ou SAPA Speech Videos
On Africa Day, QAWO was invited to speak to 500 school principal's at the South African Principal's Association (SAPA)'s Annual conference. The talk provided an opportunity for Makhosi to share just a piece of the vision and mission for helping to transform global society into a place where we can rebalance the benefits of technology and modernity with the ancient wisdom still contained in indigenous cultures that is ALL of our heritage, but largely ignored or trivialised by western society.
In part 1, the focus is on introducing language as a way to bring people together to address the core issues in society today - separation and mistrust between people, especially across cultures!
In part 2, the focus is on the notion that we need balanced transformation in society, that western cultures have as much to learn from indigenous cultures as we expect them to learn from us!
In part 3 & 4, the focus is on the notion of a calling to service in society, and how ideally education should help connect children with their calling. Also talking about edutainment as a strategy to compete with media and and other distractions for the attention of scholars and adults.
In part 5, the focus is on cultural immersions in townships and villages as a global strategy for creating balanced cultural respect, multilingualism, distribution of wealth, de-urbanisation and stimulating micro-enterprises in areas of poverty.
In part 6, the focus is on global context and relevance of multilingualism and multicultural respect, as well as how a new world requires a new way of educating!
Thanks for having me, SAPA!!!!
See the script and slides here: http://ubuntu-bridge.blogspot.com/2013/06/quite-white-ou-sapa-speech-script-and.html
In part 1, the focus is on introducing language as a way to bring people together to address the core issues in society today - separation and mistrust between people, especially across cultures!
In part 2, the focus is on the notion that we need balanced transformation in society, that western cultures have as much to learn from indigenous cultures as we expect them to learn from us!
In part 3 & 4, the focus is on the notion of a calling to service in society, and how ideally education should help connect children with their calling. Also talking about edutainment as a strategy to compete with media and and other distractions for the attention of scholars and adults.
In part 5, the focus is on cultural immersions in townships and villages as a global strategy for creating balanced cultural respect, multilingualism, distribution of wealth, de-urbanisation and stimulating micro-enterprises in areas of poverty.
In part 6, the focus is on global context and relevance of multilingualism and multicultural respect, as well as how a new world requires a new way of educating!
Thanks for having me, SAPA!!!!
See the script and slides here: http://ubuntu-bridge.blogspot.com/2013/06/quite-white-ou-sapa-speech-script-and.html
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Kaos Pilots Intro to Xhosa Culture and Language Workshop Video
An amazing organisation called the Kaos Pilots form Denmark, recently spent 3 months in Cape Town on an 'Outpost'.
For more on what they did and do, see here: http://100in1day.co.za
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaosPilots
http://kpcpt.org/
But they basically dropped a love bomb on the city of Cape Town.
When the Pilots first arrived, I gave a brief Intro to Xhosa language and Culture Workshop, the video you can view below:
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