Gazankulu

British  

/ ˌɡazaŋˈkuːluː /

noun

1. (formerly) a Bantu homeland in South Africa; abolished in 1993. Capital: Giyani

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Example Sentences

There’s mockery and disdain behind the jaunty beat and the major-key, Shangaan-style accordion chords of “Paradise in Gazankulu,” the title song of Belafonte’s last studio album; he recorded part of it in Johannesburg.

From New York Times

Under apartheid — which Belafonte determinedly worked to end — Gazankulu was a so-called “homeland” created to segregate Black South Africans.

From New York Times

They lived in Tzaneen, a town in Gazankulu, what had been the Tsonga homeland under apartheid.

From Literature

My mother came from Gazankulu, the tribal reserve for the Tsongas in the Northeastern Transvaal.

From Literature

Gazankulu is also being pressured into “independence.”

From Literature