Ndebele
Americannoun
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Ndebeles,
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Ndebele
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Also called Matabele. a member of a Nguni people of the Transvaal and Zimbabwe.
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the Bantu language of these people.
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a member of a Negroid people of Zimbabwe See also Matabele
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the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu grouping of the Niger-Congo family
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The people in the area today are mostly farmers of the Ndebele ethnic group, whose ancestors migrated from the north in several waves starting about 4000 years ago.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 27, 2024
Zimbabwe’s state radio and a host of community stations offer broadcasts in Shona, Ndebele and 12 other local languages, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
Written and sung in Navajo by Alex Rose Holiday, it features the Anderson trio playing with fierce intensity and Nelisiwe Mtsweni, an Ndebele singer, contributing piercing vocals.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
Traditionally, Ndebele women painted colourful geometric patterns on the outside of their homes, often representing important events such as weddings.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2020
At the time, black South Africans outnumbered white South Africans nearly five to one, yet we were divided into different tribes with different languages: Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana, Sotho, Venda, Ndebele, Tsonga, Pedi, and more.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
Some 1,200 of Nkomo's onetime rebels have deserted the armed forces, returning to Matabeleland, homeland of the Ndebeles.
From Time Magazine Archive
On one side are Prime Minister Robert Mugabe and nearly 6 million members of the Shona tribes; opposing them are Joshua Nkomo, the rival nationalist leader, and the 1.5 million-strong Ndebeles.
From Time Magazine Archive
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