Rivalry in Zulu

The rivalry between English and French will never end.

Fighting over the same thing is banga in Zulu.

The noun is umbango.

Rivalry over land leads to bloodshed. Nature allocated land to every race on earth. Greed led to some races attacking other races to steal their land.

We learned in school that Britain had a powerful navy that enabled it to go to faraway lands that became the British Empire. Canada has two official languages, English and French because of fighting over who owns land they stole from First Nations.

Rivalry in the office and other workplaces can lead to heart failure, that’s why some employees decide to leave.  Others are fired without cause because they are perceived as a threat.

Ba-nga. You say the first part like baba the second like linger.

ENGLISH	ZULU
They are fighting over Canada.	Ba-banga i- Canada.
They are fighting over oil.	Ba-banga amafutha.
They are fighting for position.	Babanga izikhundla.
They fired him because of rivalry.	Bamxosha ngenxa yombango.
It’s an old rivalry over a man.	Umbango omdala nge-ndoda.
It’s an old rivalry over a woman.	Umbango omdala nge ntombazane.
The rivalry is over a border.	Umbango wemi-ngcele.
The rivalry is over a rap song.	Umbango ngomculo we-rap.
The rivalry is over voters.	Umbango waba-voti.

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