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Working title: “A dictionary and reference grammar for ǀXam – a lost Khoisan language of the !Ui sub-family, formerly spoken by Sān communities in the early Cape and the interior of South Africa.”

This account of the |Xam language—from the !Ui branch of the TUU family—is envisaged as a contribution that will help to restore part of South Africa’sintangible cultural heritage.

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The work and legacy of Sesotho writer Thomas Mofolo

Dunton and Krog are to edit for peer review and publication a set of papers delivered at a conference held in Lesotho on the work of Sesotho writer Thomas Mofolo.

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