Musho!: Zulu Popular Praises
ISBN: 9780870139222
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Michigan State University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Laudatory poetry Zulu -- Translations into English;

In Musho! Zulu Popular Praises Elizabeth Gunner, an authority on Zulu literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, and Mafika Gwala, a South African teacher and poet, have translated, transcribed, and annotated a wide variety of Zulu izibongo poetry. In so doing, they have revealed the incredible breadth of this traditional genre, which is usually equated with nineteenth-century epic traditions that celebrate the deeds of Shaka and the successor kings of his Zulu monarchy. Musho! , with its extensive historical introduction, and literary commentary on Zulu poetry, is a major contribution to the field.

Liz Gunner has written widely on African orature and literature. She is professor of English studies at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. Mafika Gwala is a South African writer and editor.

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