10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KITCHEN KAFFIR»
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kitchen kaffir in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
kitchen kaffir and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Common necessity and the aptitude of the natives themselves led to a
compromise, and the strange and elastic language known as " Kitchen Kaffir "
came into being. It consisted of a few English, Dutch and Kaffir words strung
together in a ...
2
Law, Language, and Science: The Invention of the Native Mind ...
Consequently, there was little interest among employers in acquiring the
vernaculars. English and “kitchen Kaffir” were already widely used for verbal
contracts by Africans, employers, and traders, even as far north as the Congo,
where they ...
into the back, and she heard him shouting at Samson in kitchen kaffir. She did not
understand a word of it. Then he came back and said: "That old fool has let those
dogs go again. I told him not to.' 'What dogs?' He explained: "They get restless ...
4
National Character in South African English Children's ...
Bennett portrays the boys conversing in fanakalo, “the bastardised English-
Afrikaans-Xhosa mixture called kitchen-kaffir” (Jamie, 33), which Jamie is said to
have learned in the kitchen and which was traditionally used in a master–servant
...
5
The Rise of an African Middle Class: Colonial Zimbabwe, ...
Rusike also entreated the authorities to discourage the use of Kitchen Kaffir, long
a source of irritation to the emerging ... could never fully master the language of
Shakespeare and Milton, insisted on addressing all blacks in Kitchen Kaffir.
Michael Oliver West, 2002
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Language and Colonial Power: The Appropriation of Swahili in ...
'Kitchen-Kaffir', together with English, is used by most as the vehicular medium of
communication with Africans. Even workers recruited by the Bourse du Travail
from northern regions (Sankuru and Lomami) 'answer in Kitchen-Kaffir or English
...
7
Ethnicity in Zimbabwe: Transformations in Kalanga and ...
They interacted freely at workplaces through a created convenient medium of
communication, Lapalapa (also called “Kitchen Kaffir”), a mixture of numerous
languages and “broken” English.35 Lapalapa, viewed by contemporary
employers as ...
8
Rhodes and Rhodesia: The White Conquest of Zimbabwe 1884-1902
Whether or not these facts help to explain it, “Kitchen Kaffir” is recorded in
Mashonaland all through the nineties: “Here, piccanin, boss up! Hamba bona lo
skoff—kokeele?” “Ya, missis, kokeele.” We heard more of it in the monologue
quoted by ...
Arthur Keppel-Jones, 1983
9
African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80
Many of the RNR's white officers and NCOs were recruited specifically because
they could speak an African language, or at least the simplified mix of languages
called “kitchen kaffir.”71 This mixture of languages caused some confusion, ...
Timothy Joseph Stapleton, 2011
The interview relaxed into a more friendly atmosphere when he was asked what
native languages he knew, if any? He replied Kitchen Kaffir, which brought a
laugh from those interviewing him, as Kitchen Kaffir as the name implies is a
bastard ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KITCHEN KAFFIR»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
kitchen kaffir is used in the context of the following news items.
Corrupt South African Police Exposed
... blacks used to communicate with their white masters which was called Fanakalo or Chilapalapa and at times called Kitchen Kaffir language. «ZimEye - Zimbabwe News, Jan 15»
Doris Lessing: another world of words
There was the “kitchen kaffir” that they spoke, a sort of pidgin English. There was the “bossboy” who oversaw the workers on a farm, and then ... «OUPblog, Nov 14»
