Browsing Research Articles (African Languages) by Subject "African poetry"

Browsing Research Articles (African Languages) by Subject "African poetry"

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  • Divination expressed through poetry : the divinatory poems of Johannes Mokgwadi 
    Mojalefa, M.J. (Mawatle Jeremiah), 1948-; Mojalefa, Jerry (African Language Association of Southern Africa, 2009)
    This article aims to explore the divinatory poems of Johannes Mokgwadi with special reference to their structure, role and tools of performance in the art of divination as practised still today by the Bapedi in some rural ...
  • Lekgothoane's praise poetry : an aesthetic discourse 
    Mojalefa, M.J. (Mawatle Jeremiah), 1948-; Mojalefa, Jerry (Editorial Garsi, 2010)
    In this article, Shika Kgomedi Lekgothoane's artistic poetic works collected in ‘Praises of Animals in Northern Sotho’ (Van Warmelo, 1937) are assessed on three parts: a biographical sketch, a text and a reader in order ...