David Rycroft South Africa Collection
Metre in South African praise poetry: Izibongo.
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Type
sound
Duration
00:13:38
Cultures
Zulu
Shelf mark
C811/104
Subjects
Zulu folksongs and dance , praise poetry, izibongo
Recording date
unknown
Recording locations
South Africa
Recordist
Rycroft, David, 1924-1997
Description
This is a short excerpt of Zulu praise poetry which was dubbed by Rycroft in use as an example in his paper on South African praise poetry (Rycroft, D.,1980. 'The question of metre in South African praise poetry', Wentzel, J. P (Ed.) Third African Languages Congress of UNISA, Pretoria: University of South Africa, pp 289-312).
Metadata record:
Metre in South African praise poetry: Izibongo.
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