Xosa

South African beauties sporting the latest in Jo'burg fashions provide Xosa face painting and as many free delicious sugar cane cocktails as the thought leaders (and hangers on like me) could possibly take.

Edie Lush: South Africa at Davos: The Strange Case of Sponsorship 2010

Instead of earthly paradise, the Xosa experienced a famine so deadly that the tribe nearly ceased to exist.

Jeff Schweitzer: The End Is Not Nigh: Take a Deep Breath and Move On 2010

At the time of this ghostly meeting, the Xosa tribe was battling the English.

Jeff Schweitzer: The End Is Not Nigh: Take a Deep Breath and Move On 2010

South African beauties sporting the latest in Jo'burg fashions provide Xosa face painting and as many free delicious sugar cane cocktails as the thought leaders (and hangers on like me) could possibly take.

South Africa at Davos: The Strange Case of Sponsorship Edie Lush 2010

South African beauties sporting the latest in Jo'burg fashions provide Xosa face painting and as many free delicious sugar cane cocktails as the thought leaders and hangers on like me could possibly take.

Edie Lush: South Africa at Davos: The Strange Case of Sponsorship Edie Lush 2010

In South Africa, in 1856, a young Xosa girl went to fetch water at a local stream.

Jeff Schweitzer: The End Is Not Nigh: Take a Deep Breath and Move On 2010

And he said that would do for Xosa and Zulu are almost the same.

Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948

And he said that would do for Xosa and Zulu are almost the same.

Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948

–The white man asked if I could speak Zulu, and I said no, but I could speak Xosa as well as I spoke my own language, for my mother was a Xosa.

Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948

–The white man asked if I could speak Zulu, and I said no, but I could speak Xosa as well as I spoke my own language, for my mother was a Xosa.

Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948