Melayu Cape

Melayu Cape

Jumlah penduduk
200,000
Kawasan ramai penduduk
Cape Barat, Gauteng
Bahasa
Bahasa Afrikaans, Bahasa Inggeris Afrika Selatan
Agama
Islam

Masyarakat Melayu Cape adalah sebuah kumpulan etnik atau masyarakat di Afrika Selatan. Ia mengambil namanya dari Cape Barat kini di Afrika Selatan dan orangnya berasal dari Asia Tenggara Kelautan, kebanyakannya orang Jawa dari kininya Indonesia serta sebahagiannya ialah masyarakat Melayu daripada Melaka Belanda. Ahli-ahli masyarakat adalah hamba kepulauan Nusantara yang dikirimkan oleh Syarikat Hindia Timur Belanda. Mereke diikuti oleh political dissidents dan pemimpin keagamaan Islam yang membantah kehadiran Belanda di mana kininya Indonesia dan dibuang negeri. Bermula pada 1654, para perintang ini dipenjarakan atau dibuang negara di Afrika Selatan oleh Syarikat Hindia Timur Belanda, yang menemukan dan menggunakan apa yang kininya Cape Town sebagai stesen bekalan semula untuk kapal-kapal mengembara di antara Eropah dan Asia. Mereka adalah kumpulan yang pertama yang memperkenalkan Islam ke Afrika Selatan.

Istilah

Pengenalan Melayu Tanjung dapat dianggap barangan suatu set sejarah dan masyarakat sebanyak ia adalah suatu takrifan sebuah kumpulan etnik. Sejak banyak orang Melayu Tanjung menemukan pengenalan Islam lebih menonjol daripada nenek moyang "Melayu" mereka, orang dalam satu keadaan dapat dijelaskan sebagai "Melayu Tanjung", dan suatu lagi sebagai "Islam Tanjung" oleh orang di dalam dan di luar masyarakat.

Dari 1970an ke hari ini, sesetengah ahli masyarakat ini – khususnya mereka dengan suatu kesetiaan pada gerakan pembebasan lebih luas di Afrika Selatan – telah diperkenalkan sebagai "hitam" dari segi Gerakan Kesedaran Hitam. Pengenalan "Melayu Tanjung" telah juga menjadi suatu subkategori dari kategori "Coloured", dalam istilah klasifikasi kerajaan zaman apartheid perkauman. Seperti banyak Afrika Selatan, orang menjelaskan dalam sesetengah keadaan sebagai "Melayu Tanjung" sering keturunan orang dari banyak benua dan agama.

Budaya

Malay Choir in District Six

Malay Choir Competition

The founders of this community were the first to bring Islam to South Africa. The community's culture and traditions have also left an impact that is felt to this day. Adaptations of traditional foods such as bredie, bobotie, sosaties and koeksisters are staples in many South African homes. The Muslim community in Cape Town remains large and vibrant. It has expanded greatly beyond those exiles who started the first mosques in South Africa.

People in the Cape Malay community generally speak mostly Afrikaans but also English, or local dialects of the two. They no longer speak the Malay languages and other languages which their ancestors used, although various Malay words and phrases are still employed in daily usage.

This cultural group developed a characteristic 'Cape Malay' music. An interesting secular folk song type, of Dutch origin, is termed the nederlandslied. The language and musical style of this genre reflects the history of South African slavery; it is often described and perceived as 'sad' and 'emotional' in content and context. The nederlandslied shows the influence of the Arabesque (ornamented) style of singing. This style is unique in South Africa, Africa and probably in the world.^{[kutipan diperlukan]}

Cape Malay music has been of great interest to academics, historians, musicologists, writers and even politicians. The well-known annual Cape Town Minstrel or Carnival street festival is a deep-rooted Cape Malay cultural event; it incorporates the Cape Malay comic song or moppie (often also referred to as ghoema songs). The barrel-shaped drum, called the 'ghoema', is also closely associated with Cape Malay music.

Penduduk dan lokasi

It is estimated that there are about 166,000 people in Cape Town who could be described as Cape Malay, and about 10,000 in Johannesburg. The picturesque Malay Quarter of Cape Town is found on Signal Hill, and is called the Bo-Kaap.

Many Cape Malay people also lived in District Six before it was demolished; after its demolition, they moved to so-called Coloured townships on the Cape Flats. The Claremont Road Mosque, frequented by many Cape Muslims, was an important center of anti-apartheid activity. Islamic scholar Farid Esack is from this community.

Pautan luar

• HTML "Multiple communities: Muslims in post-apartheid South Africa Scholarly essay includes history of "Cape Malay" identity.
• Kramat An early religious leader's legacy remains on Robben Island.
• Official South African history site Early context for "Cape Malay" community.
• The Bo-Kaap Museum
• The Cape Malay Choir Board An umbrella organization for Cape Malay singing ensembles.
• "Cape Malay" references A descriptive bibliographic paper examining the contested identity of "Cape Malay."
• Sparse website with some information about Cape Malay musical instrumentsand music.