D.L.P. Yali-Manisi imbongi entsha : Iimbali Zamanyange = Historical poems / edited and translated by Jeff Opland and Pamela Maseko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yali-Manisi, D. L. P., author.

Contributor:

Opland, Jeff, editor, translator.

Maseko, Pamella, editor, translator.

Series:

Publications of the Opland Collection of Xhosa literature ; v. 2.

Publications of the Opland collection of Xhosa literature ; volume 2

Language:

English

Xhosa

Subjects (All):

Yali-Manisi, D. L. P.

Xhosa poetry.

Laudatory poetry, Xhosa.

Xhosa poetry--Translations into English.

Poets, Black--South Africa--Biography.

Poets, Black.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2015.

Language Note:

Text in English and Xhosa.

Summary:

David Livingstone Phakamile Yali-Manisi (1926-99) was a Thembu imbongi, the most powerful exponent of the art of praise poetry in the Xhosa language, in the second half of the twentieth century. His literary career, however, was blighted by circumstances beyond his control, and he died in total obscurity. A supporter of the African National Congress, he was the author of the earliest poem in praise of Nelson Mandela (1954).

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

1 UNtsikana oNgcwele: Holy Ntsikana (on events that occurred c.1800-21)

2 Idabi lamaLinde: The Battle of Amalinde (1818)

3 IMfecane yamaNgwane: The Ngwane Mfecane (1828)

4 Imfazwe kaMlanjeni: Mlanjeni's War (1850-3)

5 Ingxaki eyasenzakalisayo: The problem that wrought our destruction (1856-7)

6 Idabi laseGwatyu: The Battle of Gwatyu (1878)

7 Imfazwe yamaQwathi: The Qwathi War (1880)

8 Amaqabazana ngabaThembu: Thembu spatterings (c.1770-c.1880)

Biographical appendices

9 "Unknown but he is leading Xhosa poet" (1979)

10 "Myself" (1983)

11 "Unsung imbongi bows out" (1999)

Sources

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781869143442

1869143442