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