Glossary
Haydn, Gibson, Sophia
1. Pschitt: Reference to OG Ubu Roi
2. Apartheid: (in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.
3. Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa): a commission tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoing by a government (or, depending on the circumstances, non-state actors also), in the hope of resolving conflict left over from the past.
4. The Great Truth p 1716 line 175: God?
5. Makarov: Russian semi-automatic pistol
6. Askaris: In East Africa, a soldier or police officer
7. Swart Gevaar: Afrikaans for "black threat"- was a term used during Apartheid in South Africa to refer to the perceived security threat of the majority black African population to the white South African government.
8. Nijinsky of Nylstroom: Vaslav Nijinsky was a famous Russian dancer/choreographer. Nylestroom is a South African town found along the Nyl River, now known as Modimolle. The town served as the site of a British concentration camp during WWII.
9. Xhosa: A South African ethnic group
10. Sjambok: heavy leather whip. It is traditionally made from an adult hippopotamus or rhinoceros hide, but is also commonly made out of plastic.
11. Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika: a hymn originally composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a Xhosa clergyman at a Methodist Mission school near Johannesburg. The song became a pan-African liberation anthem and was later adopted as the national anthem of five countries in Africa including Zambia, Tanzania, Namibia, and Zimbabwe after independence.
12. braai: A social meeting, including the braaing of meat (grilling meat over an open flame); a cookout.
13. Spaza shop: an informal convenience shop business in South Africa, usually run from home.
1. Pschitt: Reference to OG Ubu Roi
2. Apartheid: (in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.
3. Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa): a commission tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoing by a government (or, depending on the circumstances, non-state actors also), in the hope of resolving conflict left over from the past.
4. The Great Truth p 1716 line 175: God?
5. Makarov: Russian semi-automatic pistol
6. Askaris: In East Africa, a soldier or police officer
7. Swart Gevaar: Afrikaans for "black threat"- was a term used during Apartheid in South Africa to refer to the perceived security threat of the majority black African population to the white South African government.
8. Nijinsky of Nylstroom: Vaslav Nijinsky was a famous Russian dancer/choreographer. Nylestroom is a South African town found along the Nyl River, now known as Modimolle. The town served as the site of a British concentration camp during WWII.
9. Xhosa: A South African ethnic group
10. Sjambok: heavy leather whip. It is traditionally made from an adult hippopotamus or rhinoceros hide, but is also commonly made out of plastic.
11. Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika: a hymn originally composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a Xhosa clergyman at a Methodist Mission school near Johannesburg. The song became a pan-African liberation anthem and was later adopted as the national anthem of five countries in Africa including Zambia, Tanzania, Namibia, and Zimbabwe after independence.
12. braai: A social meeting, including the braaing of meat (grilling meat over an open flame); a cookout.
13. Spaza shop: an informal convenience shop business in South Africa, usually run from home.
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