Previous page | New search |
The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here
Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Subiya 'traditional literature': a preliminary survey |
Author: | Ndana, Ndana |
Year: | 2006 |
Periodical: | Botswana Notes and Records (ISSN 0525-5090) |
Volume: | 38 |
Pages: | 99-114 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Botswana Southern Africa |
Subjects: | Subiya oral literature literature Folk literature, Subiya |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/41235990 |
Abstract: | Using G.P. Lestrade's (1937) framework, this paper gives a preliminary survey of Subiya oral literature from Botswana, including fables, praise poems, songs, proverbs, idioms, riddles and provocative similes. Lestrade's terminology 'traditional literature' is used, because the Subiya corpus of literature has been transmitted up till now only by word of mouth and is therefore not readily available. The paper aims to contribute to the recording and preservation of this corpus. The typologies provided are tentative and not clearly defined. Brief definitions of genres, their contexts and significance are illustrated with examples from Subiya culture. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |