The Xhosa people The majority of the country’s 7 million Xhosa people live in the country’s southeast, in the Eastern Cape province. Their language, Xhosa, is famous for its three click sounds.

Nelson Mandela will be given the traditional burial of a Xhosa chief in his home village of Qunu on Sunday, as Xhosa cultural expert Somadoda Fikeni reports.

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In South Africa, mention of the Xhosa language often brings up one of its most famous speakers. “One of the most influential leaders of our time was a Xhosa man, Nelson Mandela," Zolani noted.

BBC News website Africa editor Joseph Winter asked colleague Pumza Fihlani for a lesson in how to pronounce some key words in Xhosa.