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Titolo: | Musho! : Zulu popular praises / / translated and edited by Liz Gunner and Mafika Gwala |
Pubblicazione: | East Lansing : , : Michigan State University Press, , 1991 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (258 pages) : illustrations, plates |
Disciplina: | 896/.39861 |
Soggetto topico: | Laudatory poetry, Zulu |
Altri autori: | GunnerElizabeth GwalaMafika Pascal <1946-2014.> |
Note generali: | English and Zulu. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction; National Figures; Chiefs and Lineage Members; Buthelezi; Hlabisa; Mkhwanazi; Mzimela; Dube; Mbonambi; Lineage Members; Mthethwa; Qwabe; Mhlongo; Buthelezi; Mthethwa (2); Men, Women and Children; Izibongo Zamadoda; Izibongo of Men; Izibongo Zawomame; Izibongo of Women; Izibongo Zabantwana; Izigiyo |
Sommario/riassunto: | In Musho! Zulu Popular Praises Elizabeth Gunner, an authority on Zulu literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, and Mafika Gwala, a South African teacher and poet, have translated, transcribed, and annotated a wide variety of Zulu izibongo poetry. In so doing, they have revealed the incredible breadth of this traditional genre, which is usually equated with nineteenth-century epic traditions that celebrate the deeds of Shaka and the successor kings of his Zulu monarchy. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Musho |
ISBN: | 1-62895-201-6 |
0-87013-922-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910781568503321 |
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