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That dance is Tswana culture. The language is Setswana. They are also mainly in Northern South Africa and are similar to other folks in that region.
I might be able to edit later on what exactly "ye le le" means.
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quote:Originally posted by The Gaul: That dance is Tswana culture. The language is Setswana. They are also mainly in Northern South Africa and are similar to other folks in that region.
I might be able to edit later on what exactly "ye le le" means.
Yes Yes ... thank you so much The Gaul... curiosity got the best of me.
Cool!
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^You'll notice that about a lot of South/Southern African [Bantu] groups, including/especially the Xhosa, the group to whom Nelson Mandela belongs.
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Let's get serious on this silly orchestrated visit to Southern Africa.
Obama sent his spouse as message-girl to get Zuma and the AU to stop supporting Gaddafi. But the silly girl was snubbed. Zuma sent some low-ranking minister(Prisons or Corrections?) to meet her and just said he was too busy. At least he grew a small pair on this.
That silly half-and-half man in the WH just thinks he can play both sides when he wants. Libya helped ANC a lot during Apartheid days while the U.S. supported its the racist government Gaddafi also snet funds to Zuma to pay for rape trial--so it's really a negative that Zuma was rolled with a simple call from Obama to vote for the phony "No Fly Zone" resolution.
Well, all Michelle was left to do was to engage in some infantile chit-chat and ridiculous push-ups with kids.
Now she's on to Botswana--just 1 million people but full of diamonds which they don't even cut and polish themselves. Just digging the stones out and selling them to the Jews and Indians.
And this confounded "greeting with a dance" ia a worthless ritual. When Ian Khama, President of Botswana arrives in the U.S. to visit the WH there are no pole dancers or hip hoppers waiting for him at the airport. Just a silly practice that inconsequential African nations engage in--and must stop.
This Khama has been known to condemn Mugabe for so-called "rights violations" in Zimbabwe yet sees nothing wrong with welcoming a messenger from his half-caste kin who is bombing Libya on behalf of a bunch of Benghazi racists who are killing blacks in Libya. Well, what else do you expect from a xenophobic--against Africans--diamond patch in Southern Africa.
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quote:Originally posted by lamin: Now she's on to Botswana--just 1 million people but full of diamonds which they don't even cut and polish themselves. Just digging the stones out and selling them to the Jews and Indians.
Despite your feelings about Obama, his wife, and Libya, let's not get carried away. Locals in Botswana cut and polish diamonds. I saw that on a news programme years ago. Whether the company that owns the manufacturing is local is aonther matter. But I did find this on a quick search:
quote:And this confounded "greeting with a dance" ia a worthless ritual. When Ian Khama, President of Botswana arrives in the U.S. to visit the WH there are no pole dancers or hip hoppers waiting for him at the airport. Just a silly practice that inconsequential African nations engage in--and must stop.
Depends on where you visit in the U.S. There are some cities in America who also engage in this practice regularly. What dance could they do in D.C. worth seeing anyway? Go-go?
quote:This Khama has been known to condemn Mugabe for so-called "rights violations" in Zimbabwe yet sees nothing wrong with welcoming a messenger from his half-caste kin who is bombing Libya on behalf of a bunch of Benghazi racists who are killing blacks in Libya. Well, what else do you expect from a xenophobic--against Africans--diamond patch in Southern Africa.
Botswana xenophobic? No argument from me there. Their borders are not very friendly at all.
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You know that the neoliberal policy of "allowing foreign investment" forces open the tarif gates of almost all African countries, so it almost 100% certain that the cutting and polishing of diamonds in Botswana would be some Euro or Asian offshore company.
What I mean is that the "final product" that you would find in Antwerp and Tel Aviv, on show in London or Paris--as "a girl's best friend", is not what Botswana is doing, but should be doing.
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quote:Originally posted by lamin: Zuma sent some low-ranking minister(Prisons or Corrections?) to meet her and just said he was too busy. At least he grew a small pair on this.
Mr Zuma was out of the country for the first day... and although he returned on Monday night, aides said he was "not available" to meet her.
Instead ... he arranged for one of his three wives, Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma, to meet her briefly on Tuesday.
... and Mrs Obama had rejected the offer of a meeting at 9am on Wednesday because she was making a speech in Soweto.
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Well, Michelle tried to bit back, but truly pathetic. As I said, she was sent over to South Africa to have tea with Zuma to smooth him out so that he could get back on the bus.
But BHO lost out on this one. Zuma deliberately snubbed the message carrier.
Zuma made a mistake: how can you be rolled by some nonsensical half-and-half imposter to allow the bombing of a nation that poured resources into South Africa to fight Apartheid. Libya also put funds for Zuma's rape trial.
Furthermore the jackass Obama keeps repeating the nonsense a bout protecting civilians when his boys in Benghazi are deliberately and selectively slaughtering Africans--in Africa.
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Yes, I agree. This visit is about the destruction of Libya and regime change. He sent his wife and daughter (looking bored and down on her expensive shoes saying "thank god I'm not one of you barefoot exotics") as a distraction from the real mission. Smart guy.
quote:aides said he was "not available" to meet her.
LOL he must be getting a lot of flack from progressive elements in SA to not want to meet her. SAs are conscious and smart enough to know the value of Gaddafi and ignore western propaganda. e.g. Mugabe was/is popular there despite western media efforts. But I think he will be pressured to meet privately, the Jew stooge Obama will not give up that easily.
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quote:Originally posted by anguishofbeing: e.g. Mugabe was/is popular there despite western media efforts. But I think he will be pressured to meet privately, the Jew stooge Obama will not give up that easily.
Mugabe is popular there? According to what?
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Among the youth not apologists like you. "Botswana cut and polish diamonds" lol
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quote:Originally posted by anguishofbeing: Among the youths not apologists like you. "Botswana cut and polish diamonds" lol
I see. My days of getting into moronic back and forths here are long gone. Feel free to babble on as an idiot though about a place you know little about outside of internet blurbs.
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By "non-Shona" neighbors are you referring to the ones who cooperated with the apartheid South African regime to destabilize the country in the 80s?
why did you edit your post? lol
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quote:Originally posted by anguishofbeing: By "non-Shona" neighbors are you referring to the ones who cooperated with the apartheid South African regime to destabilize the country in the 80s?
why did you edit your post? lol
It's obvious why I edited my post. Read my response. Also, I'm not aware of when north Ndebele, Venda, or Sotho were part of helping the aparthied regime, being victims of it themselves. Like I said, the oeverwhelming sentiment is that this old man needs to step down. That doesn't mean people are clamoring for Tsvangirai either.
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You are clearly anti-Mugabe. What does the need for democratic change or your portrayal of him as an insensitive tribalist have to do with the fact that he is seen in a positive light by the youth in a country that is still haunted by extremes of racial inequalities, especially where land is concerned?
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The family left Botswana Sunday morning, is due to arrive at the White House early Monday.
A successful trip, and did get a lot of good press on this trip. FLOTUS is an outstanding good will ambassador. There was a story each day on the news programs... all very positive.
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