Tennis in black communities.

My father used to play tennis at college & I remember watching tennis with him as a kid & him explaining what the scores (deuces & sets) mean. It is now strange to me that tennis has racist undertones. I mean, the only known black tennis player in South Africa is wheelchair tennis player Lucas Sithole. In a majority black country, this can't be. It's been 30 years since 1994, surely ONE black tennis player from Durban could've made it? We can't claim Joe-Wilfried Tsonga, he's not Tsonga or South African. I personally never played tennis, the only thing similar to tennis I've ever played is volleyball & I was fairly good at that but couldn't care to take volleyball up seriously. Yes, Serena & Venus Williams have mentioned racism in tennis but didn't really think it was that deep. But the question is "Does the black community really need a black male tennis player?" I don't think we do. Sure, my black male tennis star player is my father & his Slazenger tennis racket... but if we're going to be victims of racism in what is seen as a "world game", we may as well not play it & remove it from our communities & media. We can stick to badminton & volleyball in Africa.

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Comprehensive classification of Ngoni / Nguni groups.

List of Ngoni / Nguni nations : • Bhaca • Hlubi • Mpondo • Ndebele (northern Ndebele in Mthwakazi & southern Ndebele in Gauteng, South Africa) • Ngoni / Jere / Jele (mainly in Malawi, northern Mozambique, southern Tanzania, Zambia) • Nhlangwini • Shangaan • Swazi • Tembu • Xhosa • Zizi • Zulu Altogether, twelve (12) "Nguni" groups are known to exist. From my knowledge in any case. Bhaca, Hlubi, Nhlangwini, Swazi & Zizi are the Mbo Entity . The Mbo Entity often declassifies itself from the Nguni group. Nhlangwini & Swazi are under a Dlamini dynasty while the Hlubi & Zizi are also Dlamini tribes. Ngoni & Shangaan are of Ndwandwe origin (a tribe assimilated by the Zulu Empire). Bhaca, Hlubi, Ndebele, Nhlangwini, Shangaan, Zizi & some Mpondo are often classified as Zulu. While it's unknown whether Mpondo & Xhosa qualify as Nguni, they are often grouped as Nguni. Using family groups to classify : • Mbo • Mpo...

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Concept of a Ngoni Federation.

For all who might still be lost as to who is what, here is a Comprehensive classification of Ngoni / Nguni groups . While a Nguni superstate might not work, a Nguni/Ngoni Federation might. This would involve doing some administration & building some currently non-existing boards & infrastructure. The plan being to build a functioning & successful ethno-federation under one motive to develop Nguni/Ngon i identity & livelihoods of citizens in Nguni/Ngoni territories. Bearing in mind that we do not all live in the same countries so the laws of the respective countries we live under would need to be obeyed. The Plan : • Schools that share a similar syllabus . These schools would have to teach their respective Nguni/Ngoni languages as a mandatory language. For schools in Ngoni territories who no longer speak a Nguni/Ngoni language, the Zulu language could be the default language. • Sports academies associated with the respect...

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