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| Author | : Jeff Opland |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 1983-12-30 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9780521241137 |
This book, first published in 1983, was the first detailed study of the Xhosa oral poetry tradition.
| Author | : Jeff Opland |
| Publisher | : New Africa Books |
| Total Pages | : 388 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780864864208 |
Xhosa oral poetry has defied the threats to its integrity over two centuries, to take its place in a free South Africa. This volume establishes the background to this poetic re-emergence, preserving and transmitting the voice of the Xhosa poet.
| Author | : Jeffrey B. Peires |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 1982-01-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780520047938 |
"In this first modern history of the Xhosa, J.B. Peires relates the story of one of the most numerous and important indigenous peoples in contemporary South Africa from their consolidation, through an era of cooperation and conflict with whites (whom the Xhosa regarded as uncivilized), to the frontier wars that eventuated in their present position as a subordinate group in the modern South African state"--Back cover.
| Author | : Harold Scheub |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 474 |
| Release | : 1975 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : |
"The Xhosa ntsomi (sing. intsomi; pl. iintsomi) is a performing art which has, as its dynamic mainspring, a core-cliché (a song, chant, or saying) which is, during a performance, developed, expanded, detailed, and dramatized before an audience which is itself composed of performers, everyone in a Xhosa society being a potential performer."--Introduction.
| Author | : A. C. Jordan |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 130 |
| Release | : 1973-01-01 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780520020795 |
Explores the evolution of Xhosa literature.
| Author | : Mputhumi Ntabeni |
| Publisher | : Blackbird Books |
| Total Pages | : 309 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1928337740 |
The Broken River Tent is a novel that marries imagination with history. It is about the life and times of Maqoma, the Xhosa chief who was at the forefront of fighting British colonialism in the Eastern Cape during the nineteenth century. The story is told through the eyes of a young South African, Phila, who suffers from what he calls triple 'N' condition--neurasthenia, narcolepsy and cultural ne plus ultra. This makes him feel far removed from events happening around him but gives him access to the analeptic memory of his people. After being under immense mental pressure, he crosses the mental divide between the living and the dead and is visited by Maqoma. They engage in different conversations about cultural history, literature, religion, the past and contemporary South African life.
| Author | : Jeff Opland |
| Publisher | : University of Kwazulu Natal Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Xhosa literature |
| ISBN | : 9781869143862 |
Xhosa Literature consists of fourteen essays addressing Xhosa literature in three media-the spoken word, newspapers, and books. Literary critics tend to focus on Xhosa literature published in books with some attention paid to Xhosa oral poetry and tales, but by and large the contribution of newspapers to the development of Xhosa literature has been overlooked. This book explores aspects of Xhosa literature in all three media, and their interconnections. Six of the essays treat historical narratives (amabali) and praise poetry (izibongo), setting out the social and ritual function of poetry and the poet (imbongi), mapping changes in the izibongo of three poets as South Africa moved towards democracy in the 1990s, and analyzing recordings of two poems recited by S.E.K. Mqhayi. Three essays are devoted to the first Xhosa novel, Mqhayi's U-Samson (1907), to the publication of the greatest novel in Xhosa, A.C. Jordan's Ingqumbo yeminyanya (1940), and to the first published poem in praise of Nelson Mandela, D.L.P. Yali-Manisi's 'UNkosi Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela' (1954). There follow accounts of Xhosa literature in the nineteenth century and the appropriation of the press by Xhosa editors towards the end of that century, of Nontsizi Mgqwetho's fiery poetry published in Umteteli wa Bantu, and of poems by Mgqwetho and Mqhayi published in Abantu-Batho, two Johannesburg newspapers. The volume concludes with an exposition of an imaginative response to David Yali-Manisi and his poetry. (Series: Publications of the Opland Collection of Xhosa Literature, Vol. 6) [Subject: African Studies, Politics, Sociology, Xhosa Literature]
| Author | : Emily McGiffin |
| Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2019-07-18 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0813942772 |
The South African literature of iimbongi, the oral poets of the amaXhosa people, has long shaped understandings of landscape and history and offered a forum for grappling with change. Of Land, Bones, and Money examines the shifting role of these poets in South African society and the ways in which they have helped inform responses to segregation, apartheid, the injustices of extractive capitalism, and contemporary politics in South Africa. Emily McGiffin first discusses the history of the amaXhosa people and the environment of their homelands before moving on to the arrival of the British, who began a relentless campaign annexing land and resources in the region. Drawing on scholarship in the fields of human geography, political ecology, and postcolonial ecocriticism, she considers isiXhosa poetry in translation within its cultural, historical, and environmental contexts, investigating how these poems struggle with the arrival and expansion of the exploitation of natural resources in South Africa and the entrenchment of profoundly racist politics that the process entailed. In contemporary South Africa, iimbongi remain a respected source of knowledge and cultural identity. Their ongoing practice of producing complex, spiritually rich literature continues to have a profound social effect, contributing directly to the healing and well-being of their audiences, to political transformation, and to environmental justice.
| Author | : A. C. Jordan |
| Publisher | : Jonathan Ball Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 285 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : South African fiction (English) |
| ISBN | : 9780868522289 |
A Xhosa prince reluctantly leaves the University College of Fort Hate and goes back to the land of his ancestors to take his place as king of the Mpondomise. The clash of his modem ideas and the traditional beliefs of his people mirrors the dash of the western way of life with African custom and tradition -- church-people versus traditionalists, school people versus 'red-ochre people', boarding school activities versus the inkundla or assembly at the royal place. The conclusion, that disaster can be averted only by the willingness of opposing forces to work together for mutual comprehension of the legitimate claims of tradition and modernity, gives a foretaste of the spirit that governed modern South Africa's political transformation. Ingqumbo Yeminyanya -- The Wrath of the Ancestors -- is a classic of Xhosa literature. A C Jordan has a keen eye for detail, a delightful sense of humour and a dramatic style. Literal translations of Xhosa images, idioms and proverbs transport readers to the Tsolo district and conjure up the memorable speeches of the Mpondomise counsellors.
| Author | : Library of Congress |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 972 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Subject headings, Library of Congress |
| ISBN | : |
