South Africa

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South Africa is a nation of 43 million people, who live on the southern most tip of the African continent. If you travel around this beautiful nation, you will encounter different kinds of terrain. These range from the hot, dry Kalahari desert in the west; the ice-capped mountains in the east; to the southern coast where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet.

Game: Diketo: This game is played by two people or in groups

You'll need about 40 small stones, make a circle on the ground and put the stones inside the circle. Keeping one stone in your hand, throw the stone up in the air and grab as many stones out of the circle before you catch the stone in the air. If you drop the stone you lose the game. Throw the stone up again as you put back the stones back in the circle moving one stone outside of the circle. Continue until all the stones are played.

Rules:

You must not drop the stone or your game is over.

When putting the stones back in the circle, make sure that only one is left outside.

Repeat until the stones are finished being played in the circle and the last one finished wins the game!

Recipe: Kota:

You'll need a loaf of bread(Kota bread is the typical choice), chips or French fries, Atchar (Mango pickles), Polony, Cheese, and Vienna’s sausages.

Cut the bread into 4 equal parts. Cut a hole in each section. Start by adding the chips, followed by the pickles, cheese and sausages. Return the section of bread to the hole you made, and eat. Bon appetite!

Childrens Music: Kwaito: South African music

When Kwaito burst onto the South African music scene in the early 1990s, the infectious mix of chanted lyrics, slowed-down house beats and bass-heavy African percussion quickly became the soundtrack to a generation. Kwaito (from the Afrikaans for angry, though it's also township slang for hot and happening) was not just a sound, it was also a look: street threads and floppy Kangol hats worn with a new attitude. For young urban blacks, what got the party started was the fading of the old apartheid laws. "The youth were beginning to have a voice," says Lindelani Mkhize, managing director of Sony Music's African division. "Musicians took the chants we used in the anti-apartheid struggle and said, 'Let's create a much happier type of vibe.' It was all about going out to parties, meeting people and having fun." Two well-known Christian Kwaito singers are Kabelo and Bojo Mojo.

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