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Shangaan

British  
/ ˈʃaŋɡɑːn /

noun

  1. a member of any of the Tsonga-speaking Bantu peoples settled in Mozambique and NE Transvaal, esp one who works in a gold mine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Shangaan Electro are touring the UK to 21 Jul. The Tshetsha Boys' Bafana Bafana is out on 8 Jul Nozinja, his wife, and some of the key Shangaan electro dancers.

From The Guardian Jul. 5, 2013

He's trying to describe the Shangaan dance style, but he can tell I'm struggling to picture what boneless dancing might look like.

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

Luck of some sort came when my maternal grandmother—who had been away in the Shangaan Bantustan attending a ceremony to exorcise evil spirits from a raving mad relative—came back unexpectedly.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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