‘Fanagolo’

Published at 1368 × 1170 in The online dictionary of South African English

Black, white and Chinese labourers in a South African gold mine some time between 1890 and 1923. The pidgin language Fanagolo developed to allow communication between the many different people brought to work on the mines. (Carpenter Collection, US Library of Congress)

Black, white and Chinese labourers in a South African gold mine some time between 1890 and 1923. The pidgin language Fanagolo developed to allow communication between the many different people brought to work on the mines. (Carpenter Collection, US Library of Congress)

Black, white and Chinese labourers in a South African gold mine some time between 1890 and 1923. The pidgin language Fanagolo developed to allow communication between the many different people brought to work on the mines. (Carpenter Collection, US Library of Congress)