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Chave Chemutengure vhiri rengoro : husarungano nerwendo rwengano dzevashona = (The folktale in confrontation with a changing world : a Shona storyteller's autoethnography) / Ignatius T. Mabasa.
Van Pelt Library GR358.62.M3 M33 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mabasa, Ignatius Tirivangani, 1971- author.
- Language:
- English
- Shona
- Subjects (All):
- Shona (African people)--Folklore.
- Shona (African people).
- Tales--Zimbabwe--History and criticism.
- Tales.
- Zimbabwe.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 369 pages, 9 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- Other Title:
- Folktale in confrontation with a changing world : a Shona storyteller's autoethnography
- Place of Publication:
- Harare : Edulight Book Publishing, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In Shona, introduction and summaries of chapters in Shona and English.
- Summary:
- This book synthesizes research done by Ignatius Tirivangani Mabasa during his Ph.D. studies at Rhodes University, South Africa. Using a style called autoethnography, the author explains the importance of the stories of the Shona people. Also discusses the song Chemutengure, a historical story-song of the Shona people that comments on the disruptive power of imperialism on the African social structure.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-361).
- ISBN:
- 9781779276780
- 1779276788
- 9781779219176
- 1779219172
- OCLC:
- 1395905003
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