Shangaan
Britishnoun
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Almost 90,000 young men were initiated last year from different communities across South Africa - typically those with roots in amaXhosa, Xhosa, Pedi, Ndebele, Shangaan, Sotho or Tswana groups.
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2015
Another album, Shangaan Shake, soon followed, with remixes by such DJ royalty as minimal overlord Ricardo Villalobos and UK techno don Actress.
From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2013
A young man helps the lion, whose name is Letsatsi, because his Shangaan tribal tradition says a white lion is God's messenger and must be protected.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2010
But the bulk of the show was in various languages — Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Pedi and Shangaan.
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2010
I took offense at this and I said, “No, she is not a Shangaan, she is a Swazi.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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