
Xhosa Oral Poetry
Aspects of a Black South African Tadition
Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture
Kirjeldus
The Xhosa-speaking peoples of south-eastern South Africa have a long tradition of oral poetry, extending back at least two hundred years. This book, first published in 1983, was the first detailed study of that tradition. The book focuses in particular on the poetry produced by the imbongi.
