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Literature helps us understand and make sense of the world around us. It is a part of education, which broadens one’s mind about how to understand, transfer knowledge and provide meaningful and authentic learning. Thus, this article aims to highlight how
Nozuko Gxekwa, Nomsa Satyo
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Over the years Shona fiction that portrays Zimbabwe’s liberation war has been a subject of severe criticism because of its tendency to falsify and distort history.
D.E. Mutasa, W.L. Chigidi
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Tradition and the culture of rights at the crossroads: A literary perspective
Using cultural theories, this article focuses on a literary text that presents a fresh perspective on one of the cultural practices of disposing of a dead body, namely cremation.
Nompumelelo B. Zondi +1 more
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Nigeria : un siècle de dictionnaires igbo bilingues [PDF]
The ALLEX lexicography project, the fruit of an active collaboration between Universities in Zimbabwe, Sweden and Norway, has already led to the publication of two monolingual dictionaries, of Shona and Ndebele, showing that lexicography can be used ...
Ugochukwu, Francoise
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Just when we thought we were producing fine young men
Literature is highly influenced by society and cultural contexts in which it is produced or read. It is a reflection of how a particular society constructs reality.
Nompumelelo B. Zondi, Thulani J. Mbuli
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Addressing Gender-Based Violence through Music – A Study of the Gospel Song ‘Isandla’ by Rebecca Malope [PDF]
Released in 2005 by renowned South African gospel singer, the song ‘Isandla’ by Rebecca Malope remains relevant as GBV continues to persist in South Africa.
Gcinile Beauty Thwala, Sinoyolo Nokutywa
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Genome-wide SNP analysis of Southern African populations provides new insights into the dispersal of Bantu-speaking groups [PDF]
The expansion of Bantu-speaking agropastoralist populations had a great impact on the genetic, linguistic, and cultural variation of sub-Saharan Africa. It is generally accepted that Bantu languages originated in an area around the present border between
ANAGNOSTOU, PAOLO +8 more
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Hip-hop, Identity, and Cultural Hybridity: An Exploration of Motswako as a Bicultural Phenomenon [PDF]
South Africa is a linguistically and culturally diverse country. South African locals normally assimilate more than one culture, officially and unofficially.
Kgomotso Mothokhumo Ambitious Theledi +1 more
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New Roles for African Languages with the New Electronic Media [PDF]
Mass communication is not new in Africa. Until the mid-20th century aural surrogate languages were used to convey messages which would immediately reach many listeners and which could even be transmitted when the telephone line was interrupted, in ...
Pasch, Helma
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