Basotho Oral Poetry at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Kwara State University
2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46473269*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Preface; Keywords; Contents; CHAPTER 1
- Introduction; Aim and scope of the research; Data collection and analysis; Oral heritage; Formation of the Basotho nation; Historical origin of the oral poetry of the Basotho; Notes; CHAPTER 2
- Pressures on the Oral Poetry of the Basotho; Politico-economic struggles; The battle of Oetsi (Ntwa ya Oetsi) 1856-1857; Senekal's War (Ntwa ya Senekale) 1854-1858; Seqiti War (War of the Cannon) 1865-1868; Gun War (Ntwa ya Dithunya) 1880-1881; First World War (1914-1918); Cannibalism.
- Missionaries: Religion, 'Civilisation' and LiteracyEarly, intermediate and contemporary political developments in Lesotho; Modernism: major socio-economic developments; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 3
- Oral Poetry: Performance; Introduction; Characteristics of the dithoko, the difela and the diboko; Performance of the dithoko, difela and diboko; Gestures and facial expressions; Accoutrement; Text; Audience; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 4
- Subject Matter; Introduction; Subject matter and themes of the classical dithoko vs the 2000 dithoko; Lerotholi Mojela: World War 1 (1914-1918).
- Mofoka Rasetla on King Letsie IIIQekise Moeletsi; 'Mampho Chopo on Chief Leshoboro Seeiso; Mphutlane Mofokeng
- a self praise; Mokolane Mosikili and the praise of salvation; At the Basotho Cultural Village; At Thabana-Tshowana; At Huntersville in the Vaal; At Museum and Morija Archives; At Matsieng; At'Melesi Lodge; Subject matter and theme of the difela in the 1950s; Khirimpana; Subject matter and theme of the difela in the 1980s; Mopapa Molise; Subject matter and theme of the difela at about 1995; Subject matter and theme of the difela at about 1998; Subject matter of the difela in 2000.
- Phetla Setlaba's sefelaBaptist Komello Mahanetsa's sefela; Subject matter of the diboko; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 5
- Migration of the Oral Genres; Introduction; Praise poems (dithoko); Dithoko compositions including lines from the classical dithoko; Sizable memorized classical dithoko extracts including the diroki's own compositions; The difela; Sefela (lines 197-218); Thoko (lines 219-266); Sefela (lines 267-346); Thoko (lines 347-366); Sefela (lines 367-613); Difela compositions including lines from the other difela; Clan praises (diboko): Genre transition.
- Lepekola's call to heaven (lines 22-30)Proposal of love to the city girls (lines 31-39); Direct speech; Second recitation; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 6
- Conclusion; Introduction; Wrapping up the findings; Emerging alternative: popular culture; Future of Basotho oral poetry; Changing socio-economic and political situations: material; Emergence of young boys and women as poets and poetesses; Creation of opportunities; Performing arts societies; Pressures impacting on future texts; Role of the government: revival of oral tradition; Notes; References; Index; Back cover.
