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Stop tribalism

Reporter Portia Ngwako of Botswana’s The Voice recently boarded the Block 8 Route 4 combi from game city when they found a traffic cop controlling the movement of traffic on the road. The naughty...

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Role of culture, the missing link to sustainable development

By Ntandoyenkosi Dumani (Development practitioner and cultural activist) The development of marginalised and poor communities has been a phenomenon pursued by various development partners the world...

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TjiKalanga atjitotukana, atjitotolikiwa

Ndi Ntando Dumani Andite ndili mhihha yendebo kakale andina luzibo gungapani nekwebuKalanga, tjiKalanga nebaKalanga koga ndotongo zwibhuzwa kuti apa kuyi tjiKalanga (lulimi) kobviwani. Mumwa luzibo...

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 Call for Nominations

ATTENTION: KLCDA Members Date: 7 March 2016 The above subject matter refers, This is a call for KLCDA members to nominate members to hold positions in the Executive Committee as well as in the Board of...

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Kalanga Writers to Launch 5 Books

BaKalanga abazozwibiga pasi, bakulukugwi bakabe belebesa kuti “Wasudza mankuku ndewalibulaya, walimenha masiba loobuya likasinila amwe!” Hawo ke masiba osinila ! The Kalanga Language and Cultural...

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Luswingo Heritage Site

      Luswingo heritage site lies 36 km North of Plumtree Town in Zimbabwe on a hill by the riverbank of Thekwane River at Tokwana Village in Bulilima. Luswingo was built by BaKalanga in their...

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Who are the Kalanga, or Bakalanga, BaNambya and Vhavenda?

by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo (repr. from ZimEye) One day not many years ago whilst passing by the Plumtree District Hospital, I overheard two men arguing about the people bearing the surname ‘Moyo’....

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Karanga, Kalanga originally from the same area?

t is easy to note the linguistic similarities between Kalanga and Karanga languages.  Ordinarily, where the Karanga use  the letter “r” in a word, the Kalanga use “l”. This linguistic relationship,...

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Enter the Libilibi

GOSSIPING is one of the popular activities that idle minds drift into to kill time. It involves casual engagement in discussions about others and it is usually spiced with some falsehoods or...

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The Kalanga Origins of the Thembu and Nelson Mandela Revealed

by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo (repr. from Bulawayo24) Alan Dershowitz notes his feelings about his Jewish identity when he was a Yale law student: “When I went home for the Jewish holidays, I told my...

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Stop tribalism

Reporter Portia Ngwako of Botswana’s The Voice recently boarded the Block 8 Route 4 combi from game city when they found a traffic cop controlling the movement of traffic on the road. The naughty...

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Role of culture, the missing link to sustainable development

By Ntandoyenkosi Dumani (Development practitioner and cultural activist) The development of marginalised and poor communities has been a phenomenon pursued by various development partners the world...

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TjiKalanga atjitotukana, atjitotolikiwa

Ndi Ntando Dumani Andite ndili mhihha yendebo kakale andina luzibo gungapani nekwebuKalanga, tjiKalanga nebaKalanga koga ndotongo zwibhuzwa kuti apa kuyi tjiKalanga (lulimi) kobviwani. Mumwa luzibo...

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 Call for Nominations

ATTENTION: KLCDA Members Date: 7 March 2016 The above subject matter refers, This is a call for KLCDA members to nominate members to hold positions in the Executive Committee as well as in the Board of...

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Kalanga Writers to Launch 5 Books

BaKalanga abazozwibiga pasi, bakulukugwi bakabe belebesa kuti “Wasudza mankuku ndewalibulaya, walimenha masiba loobuya likasinila amwe!” Hawo ke masiba osinila ! The Kalanga Language and Cultural...

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Luswingo Heritage Site

      Luswingo heritage site lies 36 km North of Plumtree Town in Zimbabwe on a hill by the riverbank of Thekwane River at Tokwana Village in Bulilima. Luswingo was built by BaKalanga in their...

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KLCDA in 2020

THE Kalanga Language and Cultural Development Association (KLCDA) has continued to promote Kalanga culture and its  traditions. This  vision is part of the association to preserve Kalanga traditional...

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Kalanga National Anthem (Zimbabwe)

TJIKALANGA NATIONAL ANTHEM Milidzani fulegi yedu yeZimbabwe Yakazwagwa nengwa yelusununguko (Nelopa) Nelopa njinji lebagwi bedu Tiyidzibilile mubabengi bose Ayipiwe mhahha hango yeZimbabwe Lingani...

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Seasons

SEASONS OF THE YEARSUMMERHhihhaAUTUMNPepweWINTERMbabaSPRINGTjilimo  SEASON   ACTIVITIES OF THE SEASONSHhihhaKulimiwa kuhakugwa Pepwe.Kudliwa zwinobva kumindaMbaba.Tivuna zwidlo, kuphugwaTjilimo....

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