Marvel’s Black Panther is a bonafide cultural phenomenon, with a current worldwide gross of over $700 million in just two weeks. But as the world gets to know Wakanda, some may wonder what language ...

This Heritage Day, we explore the rich cultural heritage of the Xhosa people, one of South Africa’s largest ethnic groups. A cultural expert discusses Xhosa history, customs, and traditions, while ...

Xhosa and Zulu nominals have restricted distributions when lacking an outer class prefix known as the augment. We argue that in negative contexts augmentless ([−A]) nominals bear negative concord ...

Lavonne Bosman, a South African photographer, shares her journey to the Transkei, a rural area on the East coast of South Africa. At the age of 34, when many of my friends were buying houses and ...

Jochen S. Arndt received funding from the Social Sciences Research Council, American Historical Association, and Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa. The beautiful thing about ...

Leave it to Trevor Noah to have the last word — in Xhosa, no less. When the famously multilingual comedian appeared on the Oscars stage Sunday night to introduce a clip for best picture nominee “Black ...

Memory Mokgwakgwa (44) proudly represents her Xhosa heritage, embracing the culture, traditions, and values passed down through generations. She follows the Umbhaco tradition, which features clothing ...

The first genomic analysis of schizophrenia in an African population has revealed many rare damaging genetic mutations, particularly in genes involved in synaptic function in the brain. Most studies ...

In 1993, the remains of a minimum of 17 individuals from more than 150 commingled human bones were unethically excavated at Edward Street Cemetery in King William’s Town, South Africa. The remains are ...

Congratulatory messages filled the air over the weekend as South African comedian, Mpho “Popps” Modikoane, celebrated his union with his longtime partner, Latoyah Mei-Modikoane. The pair, who share a ...