1st Edition
Trends And Tropes Some Aspects of African Indigenous Literatures of South Africa
This collection explores topical and current issues in indigenous African language literature of South Africa. These include narratological elements of literature, language usage, poetry analysis, and song lyrics. Each scholar presents findings that are particular to their research, thus making the book a valuable source of knowledge penned in a diversity of writing styles across different literary genres.
Seventy per cent of the chapters are written in English and thirty per cent in isiZulu, a gesture towards encouraging research presentations in indigenous languages. Also of interest is that the chapter content covers traditional or largely obsolete forms such as folklore and essays.
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About the Editors
Acknowledgements
Editors’ Preface
1. Actions as a Means of Characterisation in E.D.M. Sibiya’s Ngiyolibala Ngifile
Zilibele Mtumane and Martha Hadebe
2. Translating Literature: An Alternative Tool for Teaching Foreign Culture
Munzhedzi James Mafela
3. Isenzasamuntu Emaqoqweni Amabili Ezinkondlo ZesiZulu
Zilibele Mtumane and Gcinile Beauty Thwala
4. Some Forms of Repetition in N. Sibiya’s Essays in Amalangabi
Zilibele Mtumane and Sizwe Zwelakhe Dlamini
5. Proverbs and the Inculcation of Moral Values in the Youth: Reflections on Children’s Literature
Cynthia Daphne Danisile Ntuli
6. Isakhiwo Sangaphakathi Ezinkondlweni Zika-B.W. Vilakazi
Isaac Mndawe and Thabani Mhlongo
7. Dialogue as a Device of Characterisation in D.B.Z. Ntuli’s Short Stories in Uthingo Lwenkosazana
Zilibele Mtumane and Augasten Muziwandile Sithole
8. Abalingiswa, Isakhiwo Nesizinda Njengamasu Okuxoxa Indaba Emculweni Kamaskandi
Dumisani Sibiya and Lindokuhle Mkhize
9. Natural Symbolism in D.B.Z. Ntuli’s Selected Short Stories
Dumisani Sibiya and Sinolwazi M. Nxumalo
10. The Position of Women in Selected Post-apartheid IsiZulu Plays
Themba Madingiza
Inconclusive Conclusions
Notes on Contributors
Biography
E.D.M. Sibiya, also known as Dumisani Sibiy, is an award-winning novelist, short story writer and poet. Sibiya is a three times winner of the Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature for his novels Kungasa Ngifile, Ngidedele Ngife and Ngiyolibala Ngifile. Sibiya has been the recipient of several academic excellence awards as well. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Publishing Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand.
Zilibele Mtumane is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of African Languages and the School of Languages at the University of Johannesburg. He holds the degree of DLitt.et Phil from the University of South Africa, specialising in African languages.
