Isho ukuthini inqama e-Afrika. I-Encyclopedia yezimpawu

Inqama: ubudoda nokuduma

Emhlabeni wezilwane wase-Afrika, izinqama azifani; zingatholakala kuphela ezindaweni eziphakeme zaseKenya. Engqondweni yamaBerber aseMoroccan naphakathi kwabantu abahlala eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeGibhithe, abasakhuluma ulimi lwasendulo lwamaBerber, izinqama zivame ukuhlotshaniswa nelanga. Abantu baseSwahili bagubha uNyaka Omusha ngoMashi 21 - usuku lapho ilanga lingena uphawu lwezinkanyezi lwe-Aries (inqama). Lolu suku lubizwa ngokuthi i-Nairutsi, elifana kakhulu negama leholide lasePheresiya elithi Navruz, elingahunyushwa ngokuthi "Izwe Elisha". AmaSwahili ayekhulekela inqama njengonkulunkulu welanga. E-Namibia, amaHottentot anenganekwane mayelana nenqama yelanga ebizwa ngokuthi i-Sore-Gus. Ezinye izizwe, njengabantu abakhuluma isi-Akan eNtshonalanga Afrika, zihlobanisa izinqama nesibindi nokuduma. Inqama yabo yenza samuntu amandla obulili besilisa, futhi, ngezinga elithile, isebenza njengophawu lwempi.

Isithombe sibonisa imaski yenqama evela eCameroon.

Umthombo: "Izimpawu zase-Afrika" ​​Heike Ovuzu