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“Zanku (Leg Work)” video by Zlatan Ibile

From OkayAfrica:

Is Zanku Set to Be the New Dance Craze of 2019?

Breaking down what could become the year’s new dance craze.

With last week’s release of the video for “Zanku (Leg Work),” Zlatan Ibile has consecrated himself as the originator of the newest dance craze in afropop.

The specific origin of the name ‘zanku’ is uncertain but the dance itself, says Ibile in this interview from December, is one he noticed from his visits to The Shrine in Lagos and refashioned into a trend.

The best zanku, so far, works best in beats combining repeated foot tapping or pounding, with hands held aloft, and finished with a flourish—a stylised thrusting of one foot as if to knock down a door. Variations include a faster footwork, mimicry of slicing and screwing hand motions and the brandshing of a white kerchief, all of which is done with vigour and attitude.

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Kiff added to the Oxford dictionary along with 23 other South African words

https://www.thekiffness.com/2019/kiff-added-to-the-oxford-dictionary-along-with-23-other-south-african-words

The words:

  • amakhosi, n. – collective term of Xhosa and Zulu origin for tribal leaders or chiefs in traditional Nguni societies
  • bunny chow, n. – a hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with curry, a popular takeaway dish among South Africans.
  • deurmekaar, adj. – something that is confused, muddled, or mixed up
  • district surgeon, n.
  • dwaal, n. – referring to a dreamy, dazed, or absent-minded state, frequently used in the phrase in a dwaal
  • eina, int. and n. – an interjection expressing sharp pain or distress
  • gumboot dance, n. – a style of dance where the dancer incorporates the sound of their rubber boots
  • howzit, int. – a casual greeting of ‘how’s it going?’
  • ingcibi, n. – a Xhosa word for a person who performs circumcisions on young men as part of a traditional rite of passage
  • ja, adv. – Yes
  • ja well no fine, phr. – a non-committal, resigned, or ironic ‘whatever’ expressed as ‘ja well no fine’, pronounced quickly, almost as one word.
  • kasi, n. and adj.
  • kif, adj. – meaning cool or sometimes used as a term of agreement
  • Mzansi, n. – the Xhosa name for South Africa, also meaning South Africans as a people.
  • sakkie-sakkie, adj. and n.
  • sarmie, n. – a sandwich
  • shackland, n.
  • skedonk, n. – an old, dilapidated car
  • spaza, n. – is a small, unlicensed shop in a township, usually one run from a person’s house.
  • tickey box, n.
  • toyi-toyi, n. and v. – the name of a dance-like movement usually performed with chanting or singing during marches or rallies.
  • traditional healer, n.
  • ubuntu, n. – a word signifying the fundamental values of humanity or of Africanness, also borrowed partly from Xhosa and partly from Zulu.
  • voetstoots, adv. and adj. – a legal term describing the buying or selling of items in their existing condition, also used more generally to describe actions carried out unconditionally, without reservation or qualification.
  • Wine of Origin, n. -(abbreviated W.O.), which is used to designate wines that are officially certified as originating from a recognized region or estate and guaranteed as being of the specified vintage and grape variety.

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