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PRONUNCIATION OF SOBUKWE

Sobukwe  [səˈbuːkwɛ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOBUKWE

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sobukwe is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOBUKWE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Sobukwe in the English dictionary

The definition of Sobukwe in the dictionary is Robert. 1924–78, South African politician. Founder of the Pan-Africanist Congress.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOBUKWE

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sobful
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Sobranje
sobriety
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sobriquet
Soc.
soca
socage
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soccer
Soccer City

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOBUKWE

awe
Beecher Stowe
Crewe
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ewe
Felixstowe
Great Zimbabwe
howe
Kitwe
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Lilongwe
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Marlowe
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Rowe
shock and awe
Stowe
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Zimbabwe

Synonyms and antonyms of Sobukwe in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Sobukwe» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOBUKWE

Find out the translation of Sobukwe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Sobukwe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Sobukwe» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Sobukwe
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Sobukwe
570 millions of speakers

English

Sobukwe
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Sobukwe
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Sobukwe
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Sobukwe
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Sobukwe
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Sobukwe
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Sobukwe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sobukwe
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sobukwe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Sobukwe
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Sobukwe
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sobukwe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Sobukwe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Sobukwe
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सोबुक्वे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sobukwe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Sobukwe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Sobukwe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Sobukwe
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Sobukwe
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Sobukwe
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Sobukwe
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Sobukwe
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Sobukwe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Sobukwe

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOBUKWE»

The term «Sobukwe» is normally little used and occupies the 137.823 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOBUKWE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Sobukwe

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOBUKWE»

Discover the use of Sobukwe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Sobukwe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Robert Sobukwe
At the end of 1949 Sobukwe completed his degree in Native Administration, the study of all the laws that controlled black people. He wanted to go on to do a law degree but could not afford the fees. Instead he found a job as a teacher in ...
Chris Van Wyk, 2006
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The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1970-1980
The EAC's first president, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, commented on Madzunya's lack of formal education: 'Madzunya was not an educated man. He probably didn't grasp the full import of our philosophy. His thinking was rather " primitive".
‎2004
3
Black Power in South Africa: The Evolution of an Ideology
Both parents were active in the local Methodist church, and like Lembede and Mda, Sobukwe grew up with Christianity as his earliest ideological frame of reference.12 Precocious in his early school years, he won a scholarship to Healdtown, ...
Gail M. Gerhart, 1979
4
Buthelezi: A Biography
In his biography of Robert Sobukwe, Benjamin Pogrund writes that Sobukwe angrily told him that he had heard that Buthelezi had visited Tanzania. What had made Sobukwe angry was that, in addressing a meeting of students at the ...
Ben Temkin, 2013
5
Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Nelson Mandela: An Ecological Study
He was then allowed to mix with other prisoners and had a chance of talking with Babas Sobukwe, Stephan Tefu and others. Most of them wanted to know about Baba Mandela's tour outside South Africa. He told them and insisted that he and  ...
J. C. Buthelezi, 2002
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In the Footsteps of the Masters: Desmond M. Tutu and Abel T. ...
These were Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe and Steve Biko. To stress his argument that Africans must refrain from the use of violence to attain their objectives, Tutu gave an account of the life of each of these two men to show that although they ...
Dickson A. Mungazi, 2000
7
Sharpeville: An Apartheid Massacre and Its Consequences
Benjamin Pogrund, notes on a conversation with Robert Sobukwe, 3 April 1968, Robert Sobukwe Papers, A2618 Cb. Robert Sobukwe to Nell Marquard, 5 October 1966, Robert Sobukwe Papers, A2618 Bd. Robert Sobukwe to Nell Marquard, ...
Tom Lodge, 2011
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Sharpeville: An Apartheid Massacre and its Consequences
Sobukwe and Apartheid, London: Peter Halban, 1990, p. 5. 41. Pogrund, How Can Man Die Better, p. 8. Sobukwe, notes on an interview by Benjamin Pogrund, 18 March 1960, Robert Sobukwe Papers. 43. Pogrund, How Can Man Die Better ?, ...
Tom Lodge, 2011
9
South Africa
Robert Sobukwe and the Africanists One of Graaff-Reinet's most brilliant but often -forgotten sons is Robert Managaliso Sobukwe, founder of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). Born in 1923, Sobukwe won a scholarship to Healdtown, ...
‎2002
10
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African ...
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe joined the Youth League of the AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC) while still a student at the University of Fort Hare, in Alice, in what is now EASTERN CAPE province. In 1952, when teaching in Standerton ...
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOBUKWE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Sobukwe is used in the context of the following news items.
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Join Benjamin Pogrund for the Launch of Robert Sobukwe: How …
Come and celebrate the third edition of Robert Sobukwe' biography, published by Jonathan Ball. Sobukwe served three years in jail for “incitement”, six years in ... «Books LIVE, Jul 15»
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The Legacy of Robert Sobukwe: Integrity, Vision and an Emphasis …
“I wonder what he would have made of the continued economic conditions in which most black people still live, and of the fact that the rich in South Africa are ... «Books LIVE, Jul 15»
3
Presenting a New Edition of Robert Sobukwe – How Can Man Die …
On 21 March 1960, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe led a mass defiance of South Africa's pass laws. He urged blacks to go to the nearest police station and demand ... «Books LIVE, Jun 15»
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Sobukwe's PAC teachings can go long way in solving SA's problems
I wrote that, "(Robert) Sobukwe was instrumental in formulating PAC policies. Some of those policies are to unite and rally the African people around African ... «BDlive, Apr 15»
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Robert Sobukwe, a lesser known hero
Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe is arguably one of the less documented freedom fighters in South Africa. As a leader of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Sobukwe ... «The Citizen, Mar 15»
6
Robert Sobukwe's dream unrealised, 21 years into democracy
Robert Sobukwe died 37 years ago today. His dream of economic emancipation remains unrealised, with half of the population still living in poverty. «Mail & Guardian Online, Feb 15»
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The meaning of Robert Sobukwe
On Friday, Sobukwe would have turned 90. He would have been a fountain of wisdom from which my generation would drink to quench its thirst for knowledge ... «Independent Online, Dec 14»
8
Legacy of Robert Sobukwe
The apartheid government deemed him so dangerous they enacted a law just specifically engineered for him to keep him detained known as the "Sobukwe ... «Johannesburg Sunday World, Dec 14»
9
Sobukwe - a Leader Who Walked the Political Talk to the Finish
Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe is not as well known as he should. The founding president of the radical Pan African Congress, Sobukwe was the single most potent ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 14»
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Dear Robert Sobukwe: PAC is dead
Sir I have been itching to write you this letter for quite some time but I just didn't know where to start. You know things are not going well when we write open ... «News24, Jun 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sobukwe [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sobukwe>. Apr 2024 ».
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