David Rycroft South Africa Collection
Metre in South African praise poetry: the clan praises of Shoshe's line.
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Type
sound
Duration
00:12:32
Cultures
Shona
Shelf mark
C811/104
Subjects
Shona folksongs and dance , praise poetry-Africa (Shona) , nhetembo
Recording date
1976
Recording locations
Salisbury (former name for Harare), Zimbabwe
Recordist
Rycroft, David, 1924-1997
Speakers
Hodza, Aaron C, 1924-1983 (male)
Description
Mr. Hodza announces that these are the clan praises of the people of Shoshe's line (the accompanying documentation does not provide the spelling of this word. This word is spelt phonetically). Hodza recites these praises in English and laughs very heartily after his performance. This recording 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: the clan praises of Shoshe's line.
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