| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Publications of the Opland collection of Xhosa literature ; volume 6 |
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Publications of the Opland Collection of Xhosa literature ; v. 6.
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1 Oral tradition, books, newspapers; Oral tradition; 2 History as literature; 3 Two recorded poems by S.E.K. Mqhayi; 4 Izibongo as invocation; 5 The imbongi as trickster; 6 Izibongo on the cusp of change; Books; 7 The first Xhosa novel: S.E.K. Mqhayi's U-Samson (1907); 8 The publication of A.C. Jordan's novel, Ingqumbo yeminyanya (1940); 9 The earliest published poem on Nelson Mandela (1954); Newspapers; 10 Nineteenth-century Xhosa literature; 11 Fighting with the pen |
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12 The newspaper as empowering medium: the case of Nontsizi Mgqwetho13 Abantu-Batho and the Xhosa poets; Epilogue; 14 A creative response to izibongo: The Dassie and the Hunter (2005); Bibliography; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed July 20, 2018) |
| Subject |
Xhosa literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
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Xhosa literature.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781869143879 |
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1869143876 |
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