Voicing the text : South African oral poetry and performance /
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| Author / Creator: | Brown, Duncan, 1964- |
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| Imprint: | Cape Town ; New York : Oxford University Press ; Johannesburg : Thorold's Africana Books [distributor], 1998. |
| Description: | 291 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | South African poetry -- History and criticism. Oral tradition -- South Africa. Oral tradition. South African poetry. South Africa. Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3855986 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Society of the Text: The Oral Literature of the / Xam Bushmen
- 2. Poetry, History, Nation: The Praises of Shaka kasenZANGAKHONA
- 3. Orality and Christianity: The Hymns of Isaiah Shembe and the Church of the Nazarites
- 4. Black Consciousness, Tradition, and Modernity: Ingoapele Madingoane's 'Black Trial'
- 5. Poetry, Politics, and Performance: Mzwakhe Mbuli and Alfred Qabula.