Basotho Oral Poetry At the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century /
This book contains a major research into, and deep investigation of Basotho language oral poetry in Lesotho at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The classical form, the dithoko, which was inspired by tribal wars or battles fought by the Basotho, is explored fully, but the absence of wars, a...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2019
Ilorin [Nigeria] : Kwara State University Press, 2010. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Pressures on the oral poetry of the Basotho
- Basotho oral poetry : performance
- The subject-matter
- Migration of the oral genres
- Conclusion.