Africa do sul

South Africa
Culture of South Africa * The culture of South Africa is known for its ethnic and cultural diversity. The majority of the population of South Africa is rural inhabitants. That led impoverished lives. * But however, the cultural traditions of South Africans survived strongly. But as the continent of South Africa began to become every times more urbanized and westernized, and the level of traditional cultures has decreased. * Urban South Africans usually speak English, besides their native language of course. * Exist significant small groups, who speak the language Khoisan. (Khoisan is their native language.) * Which is not included in the eleven official languages , but makes part of the 8 languages officially recognized.

Science and technology * Many important scientific and technological developments have originated in south africa. Such as the first heart transplant human to human, performed by Christiaan Barnard.( 8-Nov-1922
Birthplace: Beaufort West, South Africa) The yellow fever vaccine, which was developed by Max Theiler(orn on January 30, 1899, in Pretoria, South Africa). * Allan McLeod Cormack(Born: 23-Feb-1924
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa) pioneered x-ray Computed tomography.All these developments, except that of Bernard, was recognized by Nobel prize

Music * There is great diversity in music from South Africa. Many black musicians who sang in Afrikaans or English during apartheid have since begun to sing in traditional African languages, and have developed a unique style called Kwaito. * Cuisine
The South African cuisine is heavily meat-based meeting that generated a distinctively South African social known as a braai, or barbecue. Braai is very popular, and includes meat, especially boerewors or spicy sausages, and mielies (corn) or Mielie-meal, often as a porridge or millet, a staple of black South Africans. Such as pastries and desserts like pie koeksisters melktert (milk)