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For those in chat the other day, learning the Zulu word Umqomboti 
That was good fun - major props!! 
I was really looking for the click, more than the word.. get that down and you're good That "lesson" (ha!) was impromptu and for fun, but we should probably hold a chat session or two on languages - just learning the real basics in some major African languages.. like Swahili.. or Twi (one of many from Ghana) or Yoruba (one of many from Nigeria). We do have members who can coach on the basics.
SA has 11 languages, Ghana has more than 70, Nigeria more than 500.. dont underestimate the vastness of Africa. Sadly, the official languages are colonial English. smh. Yet, there are a few unregistered languages that encompass most.
Back to Umqomboti if you need a refresher, a song about Umbomboti has been written and was the opening song for the film Hotel Rwanda. I must say, hearing it put me off the movie because I know darn well a local taxi in Rwanda wasnt playing Zulu music - thats like a local bus in USA, driven by a white american, playing music from Panama.. hrmph. took away the validity of the movie for me.. but the song is still good
I wasnt kidding - Umqomboti = African beer
and if you hadnt seen the movie - here is the intro
That was good fun - major props!! I was really looking for the click, more than the word.. get that down and you're good That "lesson" (ha!) was impromptu and for fun, but we should probably hold a chat session or two on languages - just learning the real basics in some major African languages.. like Swahili.. or Twi (one of many from Ghana) or Yoruba (one of many from Nigeria). We do have members who can coach on the basics. SA has 11 languages, Ghana has more than 70, Nigeria more than 500.. dont underestimate the vastness of Africa. Sadly, the official languages are colonial English. smh. Yet, there are a few unregistered languages that encompass most.
Back to Umqomboti
if you need a refresher, a song about Umbomboti has been written and was the opening song for the film Hotel Rwanda. I must say, hearing it put me off the movie because I know darn well a local taxi in Rwanda wasnt playing Zulu music - thats like a local bus in USA, driven by a white american, playing music from Panama.. hrmph. took away the validity of the movie for me.. but the song is still good I wasnt kidding - Umqomboti = African beer
and if you hadnt seen the movie - here is the intro 
Oh YEAH!
