M'Afrika Sibeko I will share the explanation on the origin and PAC adopting the name Azania as presented by M'Afrika Raboroko at the PASO Conference held around 1996 or 1996 at Transvaal Teachers Training College of Education (TTTCE). M'Afrika Peter Nkutsoeu Raboroko formed part of the task team formed to research and find alternative name for a liberated South Africa to reflect the history and identity of the African people in line with project the African personality principle/objective.
Azania meaning the "The mild land of the Blacks, South of Africa" its climate significantly varies from that of East Africa and North Africa as explained by M'Afrika Peter Nkutsoeu former PAC Secretary for Education. Azania the name draws its origin from the Empire of Zanj or Zandj. The land of Zanj according was situated South East of Africa others scholars pointed to mostly in what is today's modern day Tanzania, Zanzibar, Somalia, and Kenya, moving as far as Mozambique and Zimbabwe and had a group of many city states on the coast of the and on the surrounding islands. The climate in the land of Zanj is very dry. Geographically, the land of Zanj stretched roughly from the northern part of modern day Mozambique to modern day Somalia, including many islands with that range. The economy in The Land/Empire of Zanj was primarily based of trade with the Persians, Indians, and Arabs and to some extent the Chinese. Other scholars pointed that the Land of Zanj influenced the some Chinese and Indian economically and culturally. The name Zanj is understood to mean "Land of the Blacks" some referred to Zanj originating from primeval or original Swahili meaning the "Land of the Black People or negroes" as explained by M'Afrika Raboroko at the PASO Conference held at Transvaal Teachers Training College of Education (TTTCE), thus from Zanj, PAC research team assigned with a task to find and/or formulate a name for a liberated South Africa, were inspired by the history, political economy and civilisation of the Empire of Zanj or Land of Zanj hence the name Azania was formulated, recommended and adopted by PAC. In formulating the name Azania, it had to resonant in terms of the system of sounds or the science concerned with the study of speech processes, including the production, perception, and analysis of speech sounds from both an acoustic and a physiological point of view of the African languages namely the Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa, Swati and Ndebele), Sotho (Tswana, Pedi and Sesotho of Basotho-Lesotho),Venda and Tsonga including KiSwahili, Zanj was then reformulated to Azania which then meant the liberated " mild land of the Blacks/Africans, south of Africa". Shango Lashu! Nkrumah Raymond Kgagudi From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mduduzi Sibeko Sent: 15 September 2013 05:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PAYCO] Cdes Nkrumah, Ndebele,Seroke and all africanists My two year old boy's name is Azania. Everywhere I go, people ask, why name a child Azania. My wife has become indignant, chiefly because she can't give a coherent explanation and a meaning. I am unfazed and believe I chose a name which all loyal Africanists would like to name their children with. Do you have a historical account on how and when the PAC adopted the name, and how did this influence the black consciousness movements in the late 60's and early 70's to adopt it. I saw some video clips of the seventies people chanting the slogan 'one Azania, one nation" kind regards Mduduzi Sibeko Distribution Customer Service Coordinator T +27-11-724-9300/01 C +27-71-101-2595 F 086-754-2176 E [email protected] www.randwater.co.za A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw This email and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential and proprietary information. 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