Tuesday 25 February 2014

On this site you will get to know the different practices of the Namibian people such as dances, beliefs, life stile in the past and at present as well as the various languages spoken widely. I will also try as much as possible to scaffold the different sub-ethnicity groups that are comprised within "The Namibian society".
 Despite the small population, there is great linguistic variety. Most Namibians speak Bantu languages like Oshiwambo, Rukwangali, Rumanyo, Thimbukushu,  Otjiherero, Nyemba and many other languages as their first language. Others speak Khoisan languages (Nama/Damara and various Bushman languages), while a smaller percentage are native speakers of Indo-European languages like Afrikaans and English. Afrikaans was promoted as a language of wider communication before independence and is still widely spoken in southern and central Namibia. At independence, English was chosen as the primary language for government and education because it was not associated with any particular ethnicity and could facilitate interaction with the outside world. Urban dwellers, young people, and northerners are more likely to have learned it.
For more info on all these log on to: http://www.everyculture.com/Ma-Ni/Namibia.html#ixzz2uP0hy8TP