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Our cultures
Set of 11 books

[Series ISBN 978-1-77008-896-2]

A set of 11 books that provide an introduction to some of the different cultures in South Africa. Written from the point of view of children from the cultures, each book describes the history and traditions of their people. The books are fully illustrated with photographs and drawings and also explore how the people’s lives have changed over time.

By Lynn Barnes

| I am Xhosa | I am Zulu | I am Swati |
| I am Ndebele | I am Venda |
| We are Tsonga-Shangaan | I am Tswana |
| I am North Sotho | I am South Sotho |
| I am Khoikhoi | I am San |

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I am Xhosa

ISBN 978-1-77008-897-9

[40 pp]

An introduction to the Xhosa people of South Africa. It explains a little about their history, how they lived and how their lives have changed over time.

Each book also contains a page with Fast facts, Word help and an Index.

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Contents

  • I am Xhosa

  • Where the Xhosa people came from

  • Clans and chiefdoms

  • Family groups

  • Building huts

  • The cattle kraal

  • Working in the umzi

  • Girls become women

  • Boys become men

  • Religion

  • Traditional healers

  • Getting married

  • Weddings

  • Painting faces and bodies

  • Nelson Mandela

  • The modern world


I am Zulu

ISBN 978-1-77008-898-6

[36 pp]

An introduction to the Zulu people of South Africa. It explains a little about their history, how they lived and how their lives have changed over time.
 

Each book also contains a section on Fast facts, Word help and an Index.

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Contents

  • I am Zulu

  • Chief Zulu and his people

  • Shaka

  • Zulu soldiers and their wives

  • Huts

  • Working in the umuzi

  • Growing up

  • Changing ways

  • Getting married

  • Nkulunkulu and the ancestors

  • Getting help from a sangoma or inyanga

  • A Zulu church

  • King Goodwill Zwelithini

  • Shaka Day


I am Swati

ISBN 978-1-77008-899-3

[34 pp]

An introduction to the Swati people of South Africa. It explains a little about their history, how they lived and how their lives have changed over time.

Each book also contains a section on Fast facts, Word help and an Index.

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Contents

  • I am Swati

  • Mswati

  • The family home

  • Huts in an umuti

  • Building the huts

  • Jobs for women and girls

  • Jobs for boys and men

  • Making things

  • The king

  • The ancestors

  • Snakes

  • Getting married

  • Weddings


I am Ndebele

ISBN 978-1-77008-900-6

[40 pp]

An introduction to the Ndebele people of South Africa. It explains a little about their history, how they lived and how their lives have changed over time.

Each book also contains a section on Fast facts, Word help and an Index.

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Contents

  • I am Ndebele

  • Where the name comes from

  • Huts for the family

  • Growing families

  • Work for men and boys

  • Work for women and girls

  • Making things

  • Building huts

  • Decorating the huts

  • Better paints and patterns

  • Girls become women

  • Boys become men

  • Beliefs

  • Christianity

  • Getting married

  • Weddings


I am Venda

ISBN 978-1-77008-901-3

[36 pp]

An introduction to the Venda people of South Africa. It explains a little about their history, how they lived and how their lives have changed over time.

Each book also contains a section on Fast facts, Word help and an Index.

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Contents

  • I am Venda

  • People on the move

  • The first Venda people

  • Venda villages

  • Venda huts

  • The family

  • Jobs for men and women

  • Jobs for children

  • Playing games to learn

  • Clothes

  • Gods and spirits

  • Boys’ initiation

  • Girls’ initiation

  • Bride-wealth


We are Tsonga-Shangaan

ISBN 978-1-77008-902-0

[36 pp]

An introduction to the Tsonga‑Shangaan people of South Africa. It explains a little about their history, how they lived and how their lives have changed over time.

Each book also contains a section on Fast facts, Word help and an Index.

 

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Contents

  • We are Tsonga‑Shangaan

  • Moving southwards

  • The arrival of Soshangane

  • The Tsonga and the Shangaan

  • Building huts

  • The family

  • The muti

  • Jobs for women

  • Jobs for boys and men

  • Wood carving

  • Initiation – for girls

  • Initiation – for boys

  • Finding a wife

  • Wives


I am Tswana

ISBN 978-1-77008-903-7

[38 pp]

An introduction to the Tswana people of South Africa. It explains a little about their history, how they lived and how their lives have changed over time.

Each book also contains a section on Fast facts, Word help and an Index.

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Contents

  • I am Tswana

  • African farmers on the move

  • How the Tswana got their name

  • Chiefs and chiefdoms

  • Tswana villages

  • Tswana homes

  • Jobs for women and girls

  • Men’s work

  • Looking after the animals

  • Totems

  • Meetings

  • Initiation – bogwera for boys

  • Initiation – bojale for girls

  • Getting married

  • Changing ways


I am North Sotho

ISBN 978-1-77008-904-4

[38 pp]

An introduction to the North Sotho people of South Africa. It explains a little about their history, how they lived and how their lives have changed over time.

Each book also contains a section on Fast facts, Word help and an Index.

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Contents

  • I am North Sotho

  • The first North Sotho people

  • North Sotho villages

  • Women’s homes

  • Building huts

  • Painting huts and making things

  • Jobs in the family

  • Clothes

  • Hair styles

  • Beliefs

  • Initiation for boys – bodika

  • Initiation for boys – bogwera

  • Initiation for girls – byale

  • Initiation today

  • Before getting married


I am South Sotho

ISBN 978-1-77008-905-1

[40 pp]

An introduction to the South Sotho people of South Africa. It explains a little about their history, how they lived and how their lives have changed over time.

Each book also contains a section on Fast facts, Word help and an Index.

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Contents

  • I am South Sotho

  • Farmers moving south

  • Moshweshwe

  • Bringing the groups together

  • Villages in the western part of the kingdom

  • Villages in the eastern part of the kingdom

  • Homes

  • Huts in the grassland areas

  • Huts in the mountains

  • Making things

  • Beliefs

  • The ancestors

  • Initiation for boys

  • Initiation for girls

  • Getting married

  • Weddings and wives


I am Khoikhoi

ISBN 978-1-77008-906-8

[36 pp]

An introduction to the Khoikhoi people of South Africa. It explains a little about their history, how they lived and how their lives have changed over time.

Each book also contains a section on Fast facts, Word help and an Index.

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Contents

  • I am Khoikhoi

  • Long ago

  • Moving from place to place

  • Huts

  • Khoikhoi herders today

  • Jobs

  • Feeding the family

  • Food from the sea

  • Clothes

  • Initiation – for girls

  • Initiation – for boys

  • Getting married

  • Dancing and singing

  • Proud to be Khoikhoi


I am San

ISBN 978-1-77008-907-5

[38 pp]

An introduction to the San people of South Africa. It explains a little about their history, how they lived and how their lives have changed over time.

Each book also contains a section on Fast facts, Word help and an Index.

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Contents

  • I am San

  • The first people of southern Africa

  • Moving from place to place

  • Everyone was equal

  • Huts and caves

  • People on the move

  • Hunting and gathering

  • Honey from the bees

  • Making fire

  • Finding water

  • Animal skins and eggshells

  • Becoming a man

  • Becoming a woman

  • Getting married

  • Life in the modern world


 

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