The Emergence of the Sesotho Novel
Author | : Mpapa Mokhoane |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1992 |
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ISBN | : |
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Author | : Mpapa Mokhoane |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1992 |
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ISBN | : |
Author | : Daniel P. Kunene |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
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Author | : Thomas Mofolo |
Publisher | : Waveland Press |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2013-05-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1478609729 |
Chaka is a genuine masterpiece that represents one of the earliest major contributions of black Africa to the corpus of modern world literature. Mofolos fictionalized life-story account of Chaka (Shaka), translated from Sesotho by D. P. Kunene, begins with the future Zulu kings birth followed by the unwarranted taunts and abuse he receives during childhood and adolescence. The author manipulates events leading to Chakas status of great Zulu warrior, conqueror, and king to emphasize classic tragedys psychological themes of ambition and power, cruelty, and ultimate ruin. Mofolos clever nods to the supernatural add symbolic value. Kunenes fine translation renders the dramatic and tragic tensions in Mofolos tale palpable as the richness of the authors own culture is revealed. A substantial introduction by the translator provides valuable context for modern readers.
Author | : Puleng S. |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2019-12-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780369601940 |
Did you ever want to teach your kids the basics of Sotho ( seSotho ) ? Learning Sotho ( seSotho ) can be fun with this picture book. In this book you will find the following features: Sotho ( seSotho ) Alphabets Sotho ( seSotho ) Words English Translations
Author | : Thomas Mofolo |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2023-12-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1803288345 |
Thomas Mofolo's final novel and masterpiece, Chaka captures the phenomenal rise and fall of the great Zulu king. One of the earliest modern literary classics from Southern Africa, Chaka, is the tragic tale of a warrior-king and his insatiable hunger for power. Told in a mythic style, Chaka follows the torments of the Zulu king's early life, his rapid ascension to the throne, and the prophesied events that lead to his downfall. 'Chaka is a beautifully dark and twisted take on the true life story of the Zulu King ... built around one of the most enigmatic and memorable literary figures you'd ever encounter.' Ainehi Edoro
Author | : David Ambrose |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : African literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : D. Frédéric Ellenberger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Basuto |
ISBN | : |
David Frédéric Ellenberger (1835-1919) was a Swiss French Protestant missionary who left for Basutoland (present-day Lesotho) in 1860 as a member of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society. Ellenberger spent more than 45 years collecting the oral traditions of the Basotho (also known as Sotho) people. His method was to gather "all the information which it was still possible to obtain from intelligent old men concerning the tribes, their origin, their manners, their form of government, their beliefs, the genealogy of the chiefs, etc." His objective was to preserve, for the Basotho, their historical memory, which he saw as being lost through contact with Westerners and other Africans. Ellenberger kept his notes in French, and this English edition of his work, published in 1912, was written by his son-in-law, J.C. MacGregor, a British colonial administrator. The book includes genealogies going back to 1450, a history of the Basotho people from their origins to 1833 (when the missionaries arrived), and an account of the rise of Moshoeshoe I (circa 1786-1870), the founder and first paramount chief of the Sotho people. The appendix includes chapters on religion, hunting, witchcraft, law and social order, and Basotho character and manners. A Sesotho version of Ellenberger's history, Histori ea Basotho, was published in 1917.
Author | : Véronique Tadjo |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2012-10-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0143027484 |
The narrative of this wonderful gem of a novel weaves together a rich tapestry of characters who are both nameless and faceless, representing everyman and everywoman, to tell stories of parting and return, suffering, healing and desire in a lyrical and moving exploration of the human heart. Like a bird in flight, the reader travels across a borderless landscape composed of tales of daily existence, news reports, allegories and ancestral myths, becoming aware in the course of the journey of the interconnection of individual lives.
Author | : Tim Couzens |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780813925295 |
Who killed Jacottet? Drawing on teh gret tradition of the "locked room" detective story, Tim Couzens sets out, eighty years after the event, to solve the crime.
Author | : David Attwell |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 1451 |
Release | : 2012-01-12 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1316175138 |
South Africa's unique history has produced literatures in many languages, in both oral and written forms, reflecting the diversity in the cultural histories and experiences of its people. The Cambridge History offers a comprehensive, multi-authored history of South African literature in all eleven official languages (and more minor ones) of the country, produced by a team of over forty international experts, including contributors from all of the major regions and language groups of South Africa. It will provide a complete portrait of South Africa's literary production, organised as a chronological history from the oral traditions existing before colonial settlement, to the post-apartheid revision of the past. In a field marked by controversy, this volume is more fully representative than any existing account of South Africa's literary history. It will make a unique contribution to Commonwealth, international and postcolonial studies and serve as a definitive reference work for decades to come.