Malunga nekhulu leelwimi zaseAfrika zisetyenziswa kakhulu kuthungelwano lweentlanga ezahlukeneyo. IArabic, Berger, Igbo, Somali, Swahili, Hausa, Amharic, Oromo neYoruba zithethwa lishumi lizigidi zabantu.

Uhlobo lwentaka engumlingo exhaphake kakhulu kwiintsomi zesiXhosa. Mandulo phaya le ntaka ibisayanyaniswa nombane, apho kudlale khona izulu bekukholelwa ukuba oko kubangelwe yimpundulu. Kwintlalo yamaXhosa kukholelwa ukuba yintaka yabafazi yokuthakatha athi umniniyo phambi kokuba asweleke ayishiye kwenye yeentombi zakhe. Ukuba ayabelwangwa mntu iba yingxaki neshologu ekuhlaleni kuba kaloku isoloko inxanelwe igazi.

Zibalwa kakhulu iimeko esethe zabonwa ezinokudala okokuba umntu abekumngcipheko we-choanal atresia. Nangona unobangela wesi sifo ungekaziwa, ufuzo neemeko zendalo ziyakrokrelwa. Esinye isifundo sibonisa okokuba iikhemikhali ezisebenza njenge-endocrine interrupters zingayibeka emngciphekweni imveku engekazalwa. Isifundo se-epidemiological sango-2012 saqwalasela kwi-atrazine, i-herbicide exhaphakileyo kwelase-U.S., kwafunyaniswa okokuba abafazi abahlala kwiingingqi zolwawulo lwase Texas ezinale khemikhali ekwizinga eliphezulu nesetyenziselwa ukuncothula ukhula, kwaafunyaniswa okokuba aba malunga nama- 80 amathuba okuzala iintsana ezinale choanal atresia okanye i-stenosis xa kuthelekiswa nabafazi abahlala kwiingingqi zolwawulo apho liphantsi izinga lale khemikhali. Enye ingxelo ye-epidemiological yango-2010 yafumanisa unxulumano olungaphezulu phakathi kokwanda kwezi meko ze-choanal atresia kwanokuvelela kwisandla sokutshaya, ekuphungeni ifofu, nakubantu abaphila ngokuthatha i-maternal zinc ne-B-12 kwanokuvelela kumayeza a-anti-infective urinary tract.

Uguqule impixano eyayivela phakathi kwabaseNtshona kunye namaAfrika ngendlela ababembona ngayo uThixo, uthixo wabamhlophe kunye noMdaliphu uthixo wabanyama. Abamhlophe bambulala unyana wothixo wabo njenge singqinisekiso sokubethelelwa kukaYesu emnqamlezweni. Yilonto abantu abamhlophe bagxothwa kumazwe abo babekwa embindini wamanzi apho bathe baphelela eMzantsi Afrika ukuza koyisa nokuxutha umhlaba kubantu abamnyama kodwa uMdalidiphu waye nguThixo onamandla owayenceda abantu abamnyama ukubuyisela abamhlophe apho basuka khona. UMdaliphu wabacebisa ukuba banqule ngokuxhentsa, ukonwabela ubomi, ukwenza uthando ukuze baqhame bawuzalise umhlaba.

Eli bali lisekwe kwixesha lodumileyo uKumkani uHintsa kaKhawuta (1789-1835), lingempikiswano phakathi kwamawele asebalini uWele noBabini ngelifa likayise. Ingxoxo yeyokuba ngowuphi ofanele ukujola izinto zomzi, nanjengokuba bezalwe ngemini enye. Lempikiswano isonjululwa enkundleni yamatyala eyayichotshelwe nguKumkani uHintsa ngenqu.