Pelong Ya Ka

Pelong Ya Ka PDF Author: Sophonia Machabe Mofokeng
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1776140435
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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Pelong ya Ka, a collection of essays and sketches in Sotho was first published in 1962 in the Bantu Treasury Series imprint of Witwatersrand University Press. S. Machabe Mofokeng is regarded as one of the greatest essayist and dramatist in Southern Sotho. His first book, Senkatana (a play) was published in 1952. Pelong ya Ka comprises 20 essays which range from meditative, descriptive, and narrative to polemic style, with the tone of voice characterised by melancholy, humour, and satire. The essays span over a wide range of themes, as suggested by their titles, e.g. Pelo (The heart), Bodutu (‘Solitude’), Death (‘Lefu’), Nako (‘Time’), Pampiri (‘Paper’), Ho kganna mmotokara (‘Driving an automobile’), Sepetlele (‘Hospital’), Lenyalo (‘Matromony’), and Boqheku (‘Old age’). Nhlanhla Maake says of this collection “Mofokeng’s essays fuse simplicity with dept.” Pelong ya Ka is part of the African Treasury Series published by Wits University Press.

Pelong Ya Ka

Pelong Ya Ka PDF Author: Sophonia Machabe Mofokeng
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1776140435
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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Book Description
Pelong ya Ka, a collection of essays and sketches in Sotho was first published in 1962 in the Bantu Treasury Series imprint of Witwatersrand University Press. S. Machabe Mofokeng is regarded as one of the greatest essayist and dramatist in Southern Sotho. His first book, Senkatana (a play) was published in 1952. Pelong ya Ka comprises 20 essays which range from meditative, descriptive, and narrative to polemic style, with the tone of voice characterised by melancholy, humour, and satire. The essays span over a wide range of themes, as suggested by their titles, e.g. Pelo (The heart), Bodutu (‘Solitude’), Death (‘Lefu’), Nako (‘Time’), Pampiri (‘Paper’), Ho kganna mmotokara (‘Driving an automobile’), Sepetlele (‘Hospital’), Lenyalo (‘Matromony’), and Boqheku (‘Old age’). Nhlanhla Maake says of this collection “Mofokeng’s essays fuse simplicity with dept.” Pelong ya Ka is part of the African Treasury Series published by Wits University Press.

Pelong ya ka

Pelong ya ka PDF Author: S. Machabe Mofokeng
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781776140442
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118

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Senkatana

Senkatana PDF Author: Sophonia Machabe Mofokeng
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1776145453
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 105

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Senkatana is a tragic play adapted from Sotho folk narrative. The play is regarded as a classic of Sesotho literature. Seen as one of the greatest essayists and dramatists writing in Southern Sotho, Senkatana was Mofokeng’s first book, published in 1952 in the African (then Bantu) Treasury Series, an imprint of Witwatersrand University Press.

Finding Hope 8-12

Finding Hope 8-12 PDF Author: Valerie Kumalo
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304178765
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Finding Hope 8-12 is a Children's Book to help orphaned and vulnerable children to find hope in their lives. It is part of a series of 12 books written for children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. It is set in the township of Katlehong, South Africa. It is narrated in South African English and the conversations are in Southern Sotho and Zulu. The English translation is in parenthesis. The story is fiction, made up and is about a family of three generations. It is beautifully illustrated. A family member, caregiver, or community member can read it to the child and ask the child the questions at the end of each chapter. The child can color the reproducible coloring pictures. It is Christian material.

I wish I'd said Vol iv

I wish I'd said Vol iv PDF Author: Johann de Lange
Publisher: Digital on Demand
ISBN: 1928530753
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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Six specially commisioned poems in each official language (66 poems with English translations). To round out the collection, those 99 poems are completed by 4 comtemporary Khoikhoi poems.

Pelong Ya Ka

Pelong Ya Ka PDF Author: Sophonia M. Mofokeng
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Languages : en
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Botsotso 17: Fiction, Poetry, Art Work, Essays, Reviews

Botsotso 17: Fiction, Poetry, Art Work, Essays, Reviews PDF Author: Horwitz, Allan Kolski
Publisher: Botsotso Publishing
ISBN: 0981420575
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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The Botsotso literary journal started in 1996 as a monthly 4 page insert in the New Nation, an independent anti-apartheid South African weekly and reached over 80,000 people at a time – largely politisized black workers and youth – with a selection of poems, short stories and short essays that reflected the deep changes taking place in the country at that time. Since the closure of the New Nation in 1999, the journal has evolved into a stand-alone compilation featuring the same mix of genres, and with the addition of photo essays and reviews. The Botsotso editorial policy remains committed to creating a mix of voices which highlight the diverse spectrum of South African identities and languages, particularly those that are dedicated to radical expression and examinations of South Africa's complex society. Botsotso 17 reflects the depth and creative range of the South African cultural and emotional environment, as well as the broader social currents in which they were spawned; and that the coexisting phenomena of love and violence, alienation and precious comings-together mingle to create a unique, if familiar, panorama as streams of words reveal the inner meanings of so many different lives.

Death in a Church of Life

Death in a Church of Life PDF Author: Frederick Klaits
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520259653
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 369

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"Klaits' work is not only a major contribution to the anthropology of religion and the social scientific literature on AIDS, but also a significant intervention into debates on how Africanists should approach their understandings of sociality and relatedness."--Matthew Engelke, author of A Problem of Presence: Beyond Scripture in an African Church "The reader gets the sense of being a welcome party to a close conversation. Klaits sustains a direct, clear, humane, and jargon-free voice, and we come away with a radically challenged understanding of what it means in an African church to be 'born anew'."--Richard Werbner, author of Tears of the Dead: The Social Biography of an African Family

Black Composers of Southern Africa

Black Composers of Southern Africa PDF Author: Yvonne Huskisson
Publisher: HSRC Press
ISBN: 9780796912527
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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This publication contains details of a new up-and-coming generation of composers. It provides information on 318 composers and as such is a standard reference word on local composers.

Ethnography from the Mission Field

Ethnography from the Mission Field PDF Author: Annekie Joubert
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004297723
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1169

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In Ethnography from the Mission Field: The Hoffmann Collection of Cultural Knowledge Joubert et al. offer a translated and annotated edition of the 24 ethnographic articles by missionary Carl Hoffmann and his local interlocutors published between the years 1913 and 1958. The edition is introduced by a historic contextualisation using a cultural historical approach to analyse the contexts in which Hoffmann’s ethnographic texts were produced. Making use of historical material and Hoffmann’s own words from personal diaries and letters, the authors convincingly draw the attention to the discursive context in which the texts annotated in this book had been compiled. In a concluding chapter the book traces the captivating developments of the orthography of Northern Sotho through Hoffmann’s texts over almost half a century. Brill has made the documentary film “A Journey into the Life of a Mission-Ethnographer” which is interlinked with this book available online via its online channels. To access it please click here. The digital database of the “Hoffmann Collection of Cultural Knowledge” (HC-CK) can be accessed by clicking here. It is an amalgamation of digital scans, images and video footage relating to missionary Carl Hoffmann’s work and life on various mission stations, made available by the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.