Nanga ya baThonga! Know our Newspapers!

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Publication name.

• Nanga ya baThonga. 🗞️

Publication period.

• 1899 – 1900. 🗞️

Publication history.

Claimed as the earliest Xitsonga language newspaper, first published in Pretoria by Reverend Numa, a missionary dedicated to advancing Xitsonga literacy and church communication.

Fun fact about “Nanga ya baThonga.”

• The only known surviving copy of Nanga ya ba-Thonga is preserved in the UNISA Documentation Centre for African Studies.

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Losani! 😊