Musho! : Zulu popular praises / translated and edited by Liz Gunner and Mafika Gwala.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gunner, Elizabeth.

Gwala, Mafika Pascal, 1946-2014.

Series:

African historical sources ; 3.

African historical sources series ; no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Laudatory poetry, Zulu.

Laudatory poetry, Zulu--Translations into English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages) : illustrations, plates

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Musho! Zulu Popular Praises Elizabeth Gunner, an authority on Zulu literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, and Mafika Gwala, a South African teacher and poet, have translated, transcribed, and annotated a wide variety of Zulu izibongo poetry. In so doing, they have revealed the incredible breadth of this traditional genre, which is usually equated with nineteenth-century epic traditions that celebrate the deeds of Shaka and the successor kings of his Zulu monarchy.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; National Figures; Chiefs and Lineage Members; Buthelezi; Hlabisa; Mkhwanazi; Mzimela; Dube; Mbonambi; Lineage Members; Mthethwa; Qwabe; Mhlongo; Buthelezi; Mthethwa (2); Men, Women and Children; Izibongo Zamadoda; Izibongo of Men; Izibongo Zawomame; Izibongo of Women; Izibongo Zabantwana; Izigiyo

Notes:

English and Zulu.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-62895-201-6

0-87013-922-3

OCLC:

645828480