The study of schizophrenia was carried out in the Xhosa population because Africa is the birthplace of all humans, yet ancestral African populations have rarely...
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Known affectionately as the 'click click language,' Xhosa takes its name from a South African people who speak it.
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There are two groups of languages in southern Africa that have clicks: the Khoisan languages and certain languages of the Niger-Congo family, most notably Zulu...
119 months ago

On A Modern Genius (Vol.1) by Xhosa Cole, released 10 January 2025 1. Trinkle, Tinkle 2. Rhythm-a-ning 3. Misterioso/Straight, No Chaser 4.
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The then-24-year-old tenor saxophone sensation Xhosa Cole projected the decided cool of a new young lion on the UK jazz scene.
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The ceremonial transition to manhood in South Africa's Xhosa society is time honoured but can have tragic consequences.
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The narrative is that of our process growing up together – not explicitly but by virtue of the fact that it is something that we have created...
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Residents of the fantastical black utopia Wakanda speak isiXhosa. It is a South African tongue defined by clicks that alternately sound like...
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The results showed that the people with schizophrenia were more likely to carry private damaging genetic variants, especially in genes involved in synaptic...
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Per-Anders Pettersson's best photograph: Xhosa manhood ceremony ... I was in rural South Africa in 2000, making a series about HIV and Aids, when...
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