Xhosa Oral Poetry : Aspects of a Black South African Tadition
by
Jeff Opland
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture
ISBN-10
0521104785
ISBN-13
9780521104784
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 19th, 2009
Print length
316 Pages
Weight
482 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.70 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
Sociolinguistics
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The Xhosa-speaking peoples of south-eastern South Africa have a long tradition of oral poetry, extending back at least two hundred years. This book, first published in 1983, was the first detailed study of that tradition. The book focuses in particular on the poetry produced by the imbongi.
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