UShisa Nyama
I-Shisa Nyama (futhi isipelingi Shisa Nyama noma i-Shisa Nyama noma ishisanyama) iyisiko lase Ningizimu Afrika yokosa inyama lapho abadli bethenga inyama eluhlaza - ngokuvamile esitolo esiseduze futhi bayosiwe phezu kwamalahle ashisayo, ngokwabo noma ngabapheki abasendaweni. Igama ngokwezwi nezwi lisho ukuthi “shisanyama” ngesiZulu, kodwa libhekisela esenzweni sokosa inyama( braai), ukubuthana endaweni yokosa inyama kanye nezikhungo ezigxile kulesi sitayela sokupheka.[1]
Leli gama lihlanganisa igama lesiZulu elithi shisa (elihunyushwa nangokuthi shisa noma shesa ), elisho “shisa”, nelithi nyama, elisho “inyama”. Izinhlobonhlobo njengokuthi “shisa nyama”, “shesa nyama”, “shisanyama” kanye “shisa yama” zonke zibonisa umkhuba ofanayo: ukuwosa inyama phezu kwamalahle.
Njengoba isuka emalokishini aseNingizimu Afrika njengesu lamabhusha ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuthengiswa kwangezimpelasonto, ishisanyama yashintsha ngokushesha yaba izindawo zokuhlangana zomphakathi lapho abantu abavela kuzo zonke izizinda zempilo - ama-CEO kuya kubasebenzi jikelele - behlangana ndawonye phezu kwenyama eyosiwe, umculo, umdanso nesiphuzo. Izimpande zeshisa nyama zisesikweni lokuhlanganisa inyama elokishini lapho ukupheka inyama ngezinkuni noma ngamalahle kudala kuyisizinda sokuxhumana. Emalokishini amaningi, kuvele izindawo ezinelayisensi “zokuthenga noku braai”, ezihlanganisa izindawo zokudayisa inyama neziteshi zokuwosa inyama, kuguqule ukudla okulula kube isimo sephathi yangempelasonto esimnandi ngomculo, ukudansa kanye nezinye izinkonzo ezengeziwe ezifana nokuwashwa kwezimoto.