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The Encyclopaedia of Literature in African Languages [PDF]

, 2012
.wav and .mp3 versions of audio recording of part of the lectureThe Encyclopaedia of Literature in African Languages (ELLAF) project focuses on oral and written literature in African languages.
Baumgardt, Ursula, Lorin, Marie
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On being a discontinuous person: Ontological insecurity, the wounded storyteller and time in Daniel Keyes’s Flowers for Algernon

Literator, 2015
This article explores ontological security and insecurity in Daniel Keyes’s novel, Flowers for Algernon. It opens with a very brief overview of the 1960s counter-culture to contextualise not only Keyes’s novel but also Laing’s theories of ontological (in)
Tony Ullyatt
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Ajami scripts in the Senegalese speech community [PDF]

, 2010
Wolofal (from Wolof: Wolof language or ethnic group and ‘-al’: causative morpheme) is an Ajami writing (a generic term commonly used to refer to non-Arabic languages written with Arabic scripts) used to transliterate Wolof in Senegal.It results from the ...
Ngom, Fallou
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Catastrophe and beauty: Ways of Dying, Zakes Mda’s novel of the transition

Literator, 1997
This article explores Zakes Mda's novel, Ways of Dying (1995), as an example of transitional literature. Ways of Dying (1995) deals with the period between 1990, when negotiations for change in South Africa started, and 1994, when South Africa became a ...
J. van Wyk
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’n Perspektief op ’n periode van kontak tussen Khoi en Afrikaans

Literator, 2013
In ’n soeke na die wortels van Afrikaans het vroeë taalkundiges op die raakpunte tussen Afrikaans en Nederlands gefokus. Die invloed van die nie-Europese tale het min aandag gekry.
Christo van Rensburg
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Crampton and Engerth: The ‘mechanical brides’ of J-K. Huysmans

Literator, 2020
This article explores the startling comparison Huysmans introduces early in Á Rebours (1884) between two French steam locomotives, Crampton and Engerth, and representations of the female form.
Laurence Wright
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New approaches and strategies for teaching African children initial reading

Literator, 2021
In the 1990s, during investigations at primary schools, the author tested the ability of Grade 2 African children to read, finding that about 80% of them could read.
Martha M. Cronje
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A Sociological Perspective on Drug Mishandling in Contemporary Sesotho Literature: An Analysis of Brian Makara’s Poem ‘Sethethefatsi’ [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This study examines the social representation of drug abuse in Brian Makara’s poem “Sethethefatsi.” The prevalence of drug abuse among South African township youth has increased dramatically.
Soyiso Khetoa
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A Braille Trail for all: Inclusive design in the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden

African Journal of Disability
Background: Disability-inclusive public green spaces are vital for universal accessibility and for enhancing accessible tourism. Integrating multisensory stimuli with information and communication technologies fosters inclusive, sustainable, interactive,
Susanna F. Greyling, Suna M. Verhoef, Wilhelm G.d.V. Tempelhoff   +2 more
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References to Gauguin paintings in Somerset Maugham’s The moon and sixpence

Literator, 2014
It has not before been noticed that in describing works of art painted by his fictional anti-hero,Charles Strickland, in the novel The moon and sixpence, which is loosely based on the life of Paul Gauguin, Somerset Maugham drew on actual works by Gauguin
Laurence Wright
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