My Children! My Africa!

My Children! My Africa! Glossary

comrade

companion who shares one’s activities or fellowship in an organization

apartheid

policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race

Zionist

religious movement represented by a group of independent churches which practice a form of Christianity incorporating elements of traditional African beliefs

Afrikaner

Afrikaans-speaking person in South Africa, usually denoting one descended from 17th-century Dutch and Huguenot settlers

baas

what non-whites call masters or bosses.

bantu

member of an indigenous people of central and southern Africa that speaks a Bantu language

black

During the Apartheid period, a derogatory term referring to any person with dark-colored skin, stretching from African natives to those from the Indian sub-continent to Australian aborigines

mealie-pap

a staple food of the Bantu resembling a polenta made from ground corn

Platteland

country districts of remote South Africa

affluent

wealthy

vandalism

deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property

racism

belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race

boycott

withdraw from commercial or social relations as a punishment or protest

eloquence

fluent or persuasive speaking or writing

inglorious

causing shame or a loss of honor

sabotage

deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct

intuitive

using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning

Ja

Yes

privileged

having special rights, advantages, or immunities

phobia

strong fear

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