BAC 1-3 vocab

2. to set up a spaza shop, a family would start by making a ___ in their garage to function as the point-of-sale.
4. The ___ and Zulu were the two most prominent indigenous groups in South Africa.
7. this adjective describes Temperance Noah’s demeanor, more accurately than his name, as someone likely to start a fight.
9. This is the name of the township Trevor was raised in.
11. This is the indigenous word for the “homelands” -semi-independent areas of South Africa that were (in theory) black-governed.
12. these snitches were government spies, but unlike the impimpis, they were black.

1. This term for a spanking comes from the idea of skin as a person’s “hide.”
3. like the spaza shops, these businesses popped up throughout the townships as informal bars where men would socialize after work.
5. these military-grade tanks were used to patrol townships and keep residents in line.
6. sometimes called “The white tribe,” this group is composed of the original Dutch colonizers of South Africa.
8. though we might be familiar with this term to describe an ice-fishing hut, it can refer to the hastily assembled makeshift housing common in South African townships.
10. These practitioners were well-trusted by the community when someone was sick or cursed, though outsiders may have refered to them as “witch doctors.”
13. though in America, this work is most often used to mean a cradle, such as the manger where Jesus was born, it can also mean a nursery or day care.