South Africa

Artist: Shavit


I call my granny safta. I love my granny because on Friday night she spoils me.

Shavit, age 6
Herzlia Weizmann Primary School
Cape Town, South Africa

The way of saying grandmother in Afrikaans is Ouma (Ou as in obe, Ma as in Margaret)

The word for "grandmother" in Xhosa is umakhulu - pronounced "ooo maa koo lu"

The Zulu for GrandMom is Gogo, not as in "go for a walk" but as in the "o" in order.

Carolynn B
South Africa

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