David Rycroft South Africa Collection
Metre in South African praise poetry: Rycroft and Hodza interview.
- Add a note
Log in to add a note at the bottom of this page.
- All notes
- My notes
- Hide notes
-
Sorry, this item is accessible for UK Higher Education and Further Education institutions only. Confirm your institution to obtain access
- Add to playlist
Log in to add this item to one of your personal lists.
- Add to favourites
Log in to add and display this item in your personal list of favourites on the right hand side of this page.
The British Library Board acknowledges the intellectual property rights of those named as contributors to this recording and the rights of those not identified.
Legal and ethical usage »
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 explains that men and women have different ways of clapping to nhetembu poetry. Mr. Hodza explains that the women clap with a hollow palm; the hands cross over each other (rather finger tip to finger tip), with the right hand on top of the left. He explains that there is a second type of clapping called 'Nhondo' (the documentation does not provide the actual spelling). This second style is used by men, and is produced by hitting the hands together, with a flat palm, finger tip to finger tip. The third style is called 'Kusi' (the documentation does not provide the actual spelling), and is also used by men. This style is produced by hitting the hands together with a hollow palm, finger tip to finger tip. Rycroft asks Mr Hodza to demonstrate these three styles. 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: