Sometimes I make mixtape-style playlists to amuse myself, and here's one I put together to capture the mood of stoic optimism I'm bringing into 2026. I'm calling it "masiqhubeke," which means "let's keep going" in isiZulu and isiXhosa.
tidal.com/playlist/702...
tidal.com/playlist/702...
masiqhubeke
Playlist - masiqhubeke - 10 items
tidal.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Sometimes I make mixtape-style playlists to amuse myself, and here's one I put together to capture the mood of stoic optimism I'm bringing into 2026. I'm calling it "masiqhubeke," which means "let's keep going" in isiZulu and isiXhosa.
tidal.com/playlist/702...
tidal.com/playlist/702...
pronouncing xofluza with a click like it's an isiXhosa word
December 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
pronouncing xofluza with a click like it's an isiXhosa word
Zukiswa Cetywayo connecting communities through credible isiXhosa journalism - MyPressportal - Free Press Releases Southern Africa
#mypressportal #pressrelease #AfricaNewsroom #bizcommunity #publicrelations #africa #southafrica
#mypressportal #pressrelease #AfricaNewsroom #bizcommunity #publicrelations #africa #southafrica
Zukiswa Cetywayo connecting communities through credible isiXhosa journalism - MyPressportal - Free Press Releases Southern Africa
Iindaba Zethu gives me a platform to tell real stories Zukiswa Cetywayo is a journalist who believes in the power of connection. From uncovering hidden issues to amplifying voices often unheard, she approaches each story with curiosity, compassion, and an unwavering commitment to truth. Her work ser...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Zukiswa Cetywayo connecting communities through credible isiXhosa journalism - MyPressportal - Free Press Releases Southern Africa
#mypressportal #pressrelease #AfricaNewsroom #bizcommunity #publicrelations #africa #southafrica
#mypressportal #pressrelease #AfricaNewsroom #bizcommunity #publicrelations #africa #southafrica
We study subword learning for 3 morphologically diverse languages: isiXhosa is agglutinative, Setswana is disjunctive (morphemes space-separated), and English as a typological middle ground. Learning dynamics vary across languages, with agglutinative isiXhosa being most unstable.
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We study subword learning for 3 morphologically diverse languages: isiXhosa is agglutinative, Setswana is disjunctive (morphemes space-separated), and English as a typological middle ground. Learning dynamics vary across languages, with agglutinative isiXhosa being most unstable.
Grad an meinen Freund Axolile gedacht und wie er sich Weißen gegenüber immer ohne Klicklaut im Name vorgestellt hat (das x wäre einer, ist isiXhosa) und auch wäre so ein Fall von internalisiertem Rassismus..
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Grad an meinen Freund Axolile gedacht und wie er sich Weißen gegenüber immer ohne Klicklaut im Name vorgestellt hat (das x wäre einer, ist isiXhosa) und auch wäre so ein Fall von internalisiertem Rassismus..
Great song. I couldn't sort this out, but was curious about the language being sung.
"Michael Stipe's collaboration with the South African singer Aluta on the track 'With Apologies' features lyrics sung in both English and isiXhosa."
"Michael Stipe's collaboration with the South African singer Aluta on the track 'With Apologies' features lyrics sung in both English and isiXhosa."
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Great song. I couldn't sort this out, but was curious about the language being sung.
"Michael Stipe's collaboration with the South African singer Aluta on the track 'With Apologies' features lyrics sung in both English and isiXhosa."
"Michael Stipe's collaboration with the South African singer Aluta on the track 'With Apologies' features lyrics sung in both English and isiXhosa."
#302020s #musicchallenge
Day 11
Moonchild Sanelly, “Yebo Teacher” (2021)
The one that made me a fan. A song about “putting the work in, not just in school but in life”. Sung in a mixture of isiXhosa and English.
youtu.be/bk7aCir_W1Q
Day 11
Moonchild Sanelly, “Yebo Teacher” (2021)
The one that made me a fan. A song about “putting the work in, not just in school but in life”. Sung in a mixture of isiXhosa and English.
youtu.be/bk7aCir_W1Q
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
#302020s #musicchallenge
Day 11
Moonchild Sanelly, “Yebo Teacher” (2021)
The one that made me a fan. A song about “putting the work in, not just in school but in life”. Sung in a mixture of isiXhosa and English.
youtu.be/bk7aCir_W1Q
Day 11
Moonchild Sanelly, “Yebo Teacher” (2021)
The one that made me a fan. A song about “putting the work in, not just in school but in life”. Sung in a mixture of isiXhosa and English.
youtu.be/bk7aCir_W1Q
44. Ndokulandela - Bongeziwe Mabandla
Pop folk chachi en isiXhosa, una lengua Bantu. El cantante es sudafricano y ha ganado un montón de premios pero nunca había oído hablar de él.
open.spotify.com/track/1kQjyy...
Pop folk chachi en isiXhosa, una lengua Bantu. El cantante es sudafricano y ha ganado un montón de premios pero nunca había oído hablar de él.
open.spotify.com/track/1kQjyy...
Ndokulandela
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
44. Ndokulandela - Bongeziwe Mabandla
Pop folk chachi en isiXhosa, una lengua Bantu. El cantante es sudafricano y ha ganado un montón de premios pero nunca había oído hablar de él.
open.spotify.com/track/1kQjyy...
Pop folk chachi en isiXhosa, una lengua Bantu. El cantante es sudafricano y ha ganado un montón de premios pero nunca había oído hablar de él.
open.spotify.com/track/1kQjyy...
Our latest interview features Prof. Simphiwe Sesanti in conversation with Monika Rohmer on the philosophical and political significance of thinking in African languages—particularly isiXhosa—within the broader movement of Re-Africanization and the African Renaissance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35q4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35q4...
Philosophizing in siXhosa and the Re-Africanization of Thought (Simphiwe Sesanti)
YouTube video by GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World
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November 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Our latest interview features Prof. Simphiwe Sesanti in conversation with Monika Rohmer on the philosophical and political significance of thinking in African languages—particularly isiXhosa—within the broader movement of Re-Africanization and the African Renaissance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35q4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35q4...
Mthuthuzeli November’s ‘Pinch Me’ Moment at the Paris Opera Ballet
“Ya-pa-pa, ta-ta-ta, um da da deeeee da da dum,” the choreographer Mthuthuzeli November sang to the tune of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” using the clicking sounds of his native isiXhosa language from southern Africa. The melody…
“Ya-pa-pa, ta-ta-ta, um da da deeeee da da dum,” the choreographer Mthuthuzeli November sang to the tune of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” using the clicking sounds of his native isiXhosa language from southern Africa. The melody…
Mthuthuzeli November’s ‘Pinch Me’ Moment at the Paris Opera Ballet
“Ya-pa-pa, ta-ta-ta, um da da deeeee da da dum,” the choreographer Mthuthuzeli November sang to the tune of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” using the clicking sounds of his native isiXhosa language from southern Africa. The melody unspooled in a huge airy studio at the top of the Opera Bastille in Paris. “Let’s have those legs higher,” he called out to a group of Paris Opera Ballet dancers.
todayheadline.co
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Mthuthuzeli November’s ‘Pinch Me’ Moment at the Paris Opera Ballet
“Ya-pa-pa, ta-ta-ta, um da da deeeee da da dum,” the choreographer Mthuthuzeli November sang to the tune of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” using the clicking sounds of his native isiXhosa language from southern Africa. The melody…
“Ya-pa-pa, ta-ta-ta, um da da deeeee da da dum,” the choreographer Mthuthuzeli November sang to the tune of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” using the clicking sounds of his native isiXhosa language from southern Africa. The melody…
After Arabic the final language I will try and learn is one of; Swahili, isiXhosa or isiZulu.
English, Yoruba, Pidgin, French, Portuguese, Spanish, [Italian], Bini and a Bantu language. I will be able to talk to almost all Black people on Earth in their first or second language.
English, Yoruba, Pidgin, French, Portuguese, Spanish, [Italian], Bini and a Bantu language. I will be able to talk to almost all Black people on Earth in their first or second language.
November 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
After Arabic the final language I will try and learn is one of; Swahili, isiXhosa or isiZulu.
English, Yoruba, Pidgin, French, Portuguese, Spanish, [Italian], Bini and a Bantu language. I will be able to talk to almost all Black people on Earth in their first or second language.
English, Yoruba, Pidgin, French, Portuguese, Spanish, [Italian], Bini and a Bantu language. I will be able to talk to almost all Black people on Earth in their first or second language.
[READ] Hard work pays off, and for Sanelisiwe Qayi, her recent award as the top student in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities was a recognition of that work ethic, passion for justice and her love for her mother tongue, IsiXhosa. #IAmUWC bit.ly/47AExph
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
[READ] Hard work pays off, and for Sanelisiwe Qayi, her recent award as the top student in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities was a recognition of that work ethic, passion for justice and her love for her mother tongue, IsiXhosa. #IAmUWC bit.ly/47AExph
Davide Belle's album, 'Raspberry Flow', is a travelogue of love, longing, and the restless human spirit.
Hear English, French, Spanish, Creole, and even isiXhosa swirl together. Featuring vocalist Thando Skwatsha, it's an expansive, unforgettable listen
www.theothersiderevi...
Hear English, French, Spanish, Creole, and even isiXhosa swirl together. Featuring vocalist Thando Skwatsha, it's an expansive, unforgettable listen
www.theothersiderevi...
October 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Davide Belle's album, 'Raspberry Flow', is a travelogue of love, longing, and the restless human spirit.
Hear English, French, Spanish, Creole, and even isiXhosa swirl together. Featuring vocalist Thando Skwatsha, it's an expansive, unforgettable listen
www.theothersiderevi...
Hear English, French, Spanish, Creole, and even isiXhosa swirl together. Featuring vocalist Thando Skwatsha, it's an expansive, unforgettable listen
www.theothersiderevi...
You can choose one of our 11 official languages:English; isiZulu; Afrikaans; isiXhosa; isiNdebele; Sepedi; Sesotho; Setswana; siSwati; Tshivenda or Xitsonga- No French…🇿🇦😁
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
You can choose one of our 11 official languages:English; isiZulu; Afrikaans; isiXhosa; isiNdebele; Sepedi; Sesotho; Setswana; siSwati; Tshivenda or Xitsonga- No French…🇿🇦😁
Outside Bluesky, you can find me on GitHub (github.com/Cescualito), and LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/cesc-bert...).
Feel free to reach out anytime. You can speak to me in Català, Castellano, English, Português, and isiXhosa.
Ndiyavuya ukunazi!
Feel free to reach out anytime. You can speak to me in Català, Castellano, English, Português, and isiXhosa.
Ndiyavuya ukunazi!
Cescualito - Overview
Expert health data scientist | Infectious diseases | Child brain development - Cescualito
github.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Outside Bluesky, you can find me on GitHub (github.com/Cescualito), and LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/cesc-bert...).
Feel free to reach out anytime. You can speak to me in Català, Castellano, English, Português, and isiXhosa.
Ndiyavuya ukunazi!
Feel free to reach out anytime. You can speak to me in Català, Castellano, English, Português, and isiXhosa.
Ndiyavuya ukunazi!
… as well as learning Gujurati from neighbours in Kenya. Here in South Africa most white people only speak two languages but the majority of people speak three to six. My black colleagues didn’t only speak close languages to isiXhosa like isiZulu but also Setswana and tshePedi, English, Afrikaans.
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
… as well as learning Gujurati from neighbours in Kenya. Here in South Africa most white people only speak two languages but the majority of people speak three to six. My black colleagues didn’t only speak close languages to isiXhosa like isiZulu but also Setswana and tshePedi, English, Afrikaans.
leave them kiddo, they'll never understand...
isiXhosa asitolikwa...
isiXhosa asitolikwa...
October 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
leave them kiddo, they'll never understand...
isiXhosa asitolikwa...
isiXhosa asitolikwa...
Sing the World - 30 years of Canticum. The traditional isiXhosa song "Indodana", arranged by South African composers Michael Barrett & Ralf Schmitt, mourns the crucifixion of Christ with haunting harmonies & spiritual depth making it one of the most emotionally resonant pieces in choral repertoire.
October 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Sing the World - 30 years of Canticum. The traditional isiXhosa song "Indodana", arranged by South African composers Michael Barrett & Ralf Schmitt, mourns the crucifixion of Christ with haunting harmonies & spiritual depth making it one of the most emotionally resonant pieces in choral repertoire.
Nice, thanks! The [ɕʌ], from /sjʌ/ I'm assuming? reminds me of the /CwV/ -> [CjV] synchronically active in isiXhosa.
October 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Nice, thanks! The [ɕʌ], from /sjʌ/ I'm assuming? reminds me of the /CwV/ -> [CjV] synchronically active in isiXhosa.
Circaetus sp.: snake eagle
#Afrikaans: slangarend
#Sepedi: lejanoga
#Setswana: lejanoga
#Sesotho: lejanoha
#isiZulu: indlanyoka
#isiXhosa: umdlanyoka
#isiNedebele: ikhozi lehloko enzotho
#Xitsonga: xithaklongwa
#Khoekhoegowab: ǀao!khās
#Afrikaans: slangarend
#Sepedi: lejanoga
#Setswana: lejanoga
#Sesotho: lejanoha
#isiZulu: indlanyoka
#isiXhosa: umdlanyoka
#isiNedebele: ikhozi lehloko enzotho
#Xitsonga: xithaklongwa
#Khoekhoegowab: ǀao!khās
October 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Circaetus sp.: snake eagle
#Afrikaans: slangarend
#Sepedi: lejanoga
#Setswana: lejanoga
#Sesotho: lejanoha
#isiZulu: indlanyoka
#isiXhosa: umdlanyoka
#isiNedebele: ikhozi lehloko enzotho
#Xitsonga: xithaklongwa
#Khoekhoegowab: ǀao!khās
#Afrikaans: slangarend
#Sepedi: lejanoga
#Setswana: lejanoga
#Sesotho: lejanoha
#isiZulu: indlanyoka
#isiXhosa: umdlanyoka
#isiNedebele: ikhozi lehloko enzotho
#Xitsonga: xithaklongwa
#Khoekhoegowab: ǀao!khās
Numididae: guineafowl
#Afrikaans: tarentaal
#Sepedi: kgaka
#Setswana: kgaka
#Sesotho: kgaka
#isiZulu: impangele
#isiXhosa: impangele
#isiNedebele: ipangela
#siSwati: imphangele
#Xitsonga: mhangela
#Tshivenda: khanga
#Khoekhoegowab: |khenas
#Khwe: ǀxáni
#!Xun: ālí
#Nǀuuki: terantalsi
#Afrikaans: tarentaal
#Sepedi: kgaka
#Setswana: kgaka
#Sesotho: kgaka
#isiZulu: impangele
#isiXhosa: impangele
#isiNedebele: ipangela
#siSwati: imphangele
#Xitsonga: mhangela
#Tshivenda: khanga
#Khoekhoegowab: |khenas
#Khwe: ǀxáni
#!Xun: ālí
#Nǀuuki: terantalsi
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Numididae: guineafowl
#Afrikaans: tarentaal
#Sepedi: kgaka
#Setswana: kgaka
#Sesotho: kgaka
#isiZulu: impangele
#isiXhosa: impangele
#isiNedebele: ipangela
#siSwati: imphangele
#Xitsonga: mhangela
#Tshivenda: khanga
#Khoekhoegowab: |khenas
#Khwe: ǀxáni
#!Xun: ālí
#Nǀuuki: terantalsi
#Afrikaans: tarentaal
#Sepedi: kgaka
#Setswana: kgaka
#Sesotho: kgaka
#isiZulu: impangele
#isiXhosa: impangele
#isiNedebele: ipangela
#siSwati: imphangele
#Xitsonga: mhangela
#Tshivenda: khanga
#Khoekhoegowab: |khenas
#Khwe: ǀxáni
#!Xun: ālí
#Nǀuuki: terantalsi
What’s your sign?
September 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What’s your sign?
Dicruridae: drongo
#Afrikaans: byvanger
#Sepedi: theko
#Setswana: theko
#Sesotho: theko
#isiZulu: intengu
#isiXhosa: intengu
#isiNedebele: intengu
#siSwati: intsengu
#Xitsonga: mantengu
#Tshivenda: thengu
#Khoekhoegowab: gūdarub
#Khwe: mìnìngú
#!Xun: dhànni
#Afrikaans: byvanger
#Sepedi: theko
#Setswana: theko
#Sesotho: theko
#isiZulu: intengu
#isiXhosa: intengu
#isiNedebele: intengu
#siSwati: intsengu
#Xitsonga: mantengu
#Tshivenda: thengu
#Khoekhoegowab: gūdarub
#Khwe: mìnìngú
#!Xun: dhànni
September 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Dicruridae: drongo
#Afrikaans: byvanger
#Sepedi: theko
#Setswana: theko
#Sesotho: theko
#isiZulu: intengu
#isiXhosa: intengu
#isiNedebele: intengu
#siSwati: intsengu
#Xitsonga: mantengu
#Tshivenda: thengu
#Khoekhoegowab: gūdarub
#Khwe: mìnìngú
#!Xun: dhànni
#Afrikaans: byvanger
#Sepedi: theko
#Setswana: theko
#Sesotho: theko
#isiZulu: intengu
#isiXhosa: intengu
#isiNedebele: intengu
#siSwati: intsengu
#Xitsonga: mantengu
#Tshivenda: thengu
#Khoekhoegowab: gūdarub
#Khwe: mìnìngú
#!Xun: dhànni
Centropus sp.: coucal
#Afrikaans: vleiloerie
#Sepedi: mpue
#Setswana: letuutuu
#Sesotho: lefututu
#isiZulu: ufukwe
#isiXhosa: ubikhwe
#isiNedebele: umfuku
#siSwati: umfuku
#Xitsonga: mufuku
#Tshivenda: bwibwi
#Khoekhoegowab: |hīsabes
#Khwe: ǀgàròo
#Afrikaans: vleiloerie
#Sepedi: mpue
#Setswana: letuutuu
#Sesotho: lefututu
#isiZulu: ufukwe
#isiXhosa: ubikhwe
#isiNedebele: umfuku
#siSwati: umfuku
#Xitsonga: mufuku
#Tshivenda: bwibwi
#Khoekhoegowab: |hīsabes
#Khwe: ǀgàròo
September 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Centropus sp.: coucal
#Afrikaans: vleiloerie
#Sepedi: mpue
#Setswana: letuutuu
#Sesotho: lefututu
#isiZulu: ufukwe
#isiXhosa: ubikhwe
#isiNedebele: umfuku
#siSwati: umfuku
#Xitsonga: mufuku
#Tshivenda: bwibwi
#Khoekhoegowab: |hīsabes
#Khwe: ǀgàròo
#Afrikaans: vleiloerie
#Sepedi: mpue
#Setswana: letuutuu
#Sesotho: lefututu
#isiZulu: ufukwe
#isiXhosa: ubikhwe
#isiNedebele: umfuku
#siSwati: umfuku
#Xitsonga: mufuku
#Tshivenda: bwibwi
#Khoekhoegowab: |hīsabes
#Khwe: ǀgàròo
Do you think ICE would flip out if we did the YIBAMBE! chant from Avengers: Infinity War at a protest? ("Yibambe" is an isiXhosa word from South Africa meaning "Stand Strong"). Personally I think this would give them pause.
youtu.be/kIA3hSfIrao
youtu.be/kIA3hSfIrao
“YIBAMBE!”
YouTube video by Empire Fan Productions
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Do you think ICE would flip out if we did the YIBAMBE! chant from Avengers: Infinity War at a protest? ("Yibambe" is an isiXhosa word from South Africa meaning "Stand Strong"). Personally I think this would give them pause.
youtu.be/kIA3hSfIrao
youtu.be/kIA3hSfIrao