#south african history
Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:32:14
On This Day In History
May 10th, 1994: Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first Black president.
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“Jochen Arndt’s path-breaking study, Divided by the Word, examines how the South African languages, isiXhosa and isiZulu, have come into being. Meticulously researched and drawing on a rich array of rarely used primary sources, Arndt shows how the boundaries of these languages and ethnic identities were constantly shaped and reshaped over the centuries by a host of actors: European missionaries and mission rivalries, African interpreters and translators, black and white intellectuals, educators, and apartheid ideologues. Clearly written, this book is a must-read for historians and analysts of contemporary South African developments.”