“Bantu” is a large, internally diverse group of African peoples who speak the same family of languages. In South Africa, “Shangaan” refers to a particular Bantu tribe. The restaurant’s name, “Bantu Eating House,” suggests that it serves African food, while the sign in Shangaan suggests that the patrons are Black people who speak an indigenous African language. The dilapidation of the restaurant and the advertisement for “lotion for straightening curly hair”—an advertisement, in other words, for white supremacist beauty standards—illustrate once again the economic and cultural oppression of Black South Africans under apartheid.