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Gender Feminine
Usage Xhosa
Pronounced Pron. SHUmiSE  [key]

Meaning & History

10 shillings or 10 bob, created by the father of Alice Jean Shumise Madinga.

Alice Jean Shumise Madinga in Nthlenzi near Flagstaff in Transkei, South Africa on June 17, 1941 and was the last born in a family of 10.

“My father gave me the name Shumise, which referred to 10 shillings or 10 bob because I was his 10th child,” she said.

She grew up in a typically Xhosa traditional set-up in the Eastern Cape, where they were distant neighbours with Nelson Mandela.
Added 4/17/2024 by anonymous