Voicing the Text South African Oral Poetry and Performance

Name: Voicing the Text South African Oral Poetry and Performance
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ISBN: 9780195716320

ISBN-10: 0195716329

ISBN-13: 9780195716320

Edition: 1998

Authors: Duncan Brown

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From the ritual songs and stories of the country's earliest inhabitants to the rousing calls to action by anti-apartheid artists, oral poetry has always been an integral part of South Africa's literary and cultural heritage. This book casts fresh light on the richness of this neglected yet vibrant tradition.

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/8/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.35" wide x 8.35" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



The Society of the Text: The Oral Literature of the / Xam Bushmen



Poetry, History, Nation: The Praises of Shaka kasenZANGAKHONA



Orality and Christianity: The Hymns of Isaiah Shembe and the Church of the Nazarites



Black Consciousness, Tradition, and Modernity: Ingoapele Madingoane's 'Black Trial'



Poetry, Politics, and Performance: Mzwakhe Mbuli and Alfred Qabula


Bibliography


Index