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Images of Amhara women in oral poetry
Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2020 The objective of this article is to describe thematic images of Amhara women in oral poetry. The study is based on field research conducted in rural areas of Western Gojjam and Awi Zone.
Berhanu Asaye Agajie
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The verse-form of Northern Sotho oral poetry
Literator, 2002 Although examples of certain Northern Sotho traditional oral genres have been collected over years, a study of verse-form in traditional initiation poetry has not yet been undertaken. This article will consider the way in which Northern Sotho traditional
M.J. Mojalefa
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Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2018 The poet Boerneef (pseudonym of I. W. van der Merwe, 1897-1967) referred to his own poetry as volkspoësie (oral poetry). This is in contradistinction to the usual conception of oral literature as traditional verbal art handed down by word of mouth and ...
Wium van Zyl
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Orality, Literacy, Modernity and Modern African Poetry
ABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBO, 2013 This paper attempts to locate and situate how Modem African Poetry turned the corner from a beginning encapsulated in poetic lines which are influenced and modeled after Western style and poets, to embracing forms of African oral traditions.
Olumide Olugbemi-Gabriel
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Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-ādāb Ǧāmiʿaẗ Būrsaʿīd, 2023 Performance poetry, in general, is a multifaceted field: a varied art form that emerged from many different traditions. The main conception of oral poetry that can describe this poetic technique is spoken-word poetry.
Ghada Mohamed Ali Mahran +1 more
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Promoting women empowerment through songs: Barmani Choge and her performances
Journal of African Languages and Literatures, 2020 This paper examines the oral performances of Hausa poet Hajiya Sa’adatu Barmani Choge (1945-2013). Her songs promoted the genre of music called Amada; music performed using calabash ensemble in northern Nigeria.
Umma Aliyu Musa
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Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2014 How does a society manage its knowledge? Which mechanisms does it develop to accelerate or, on the contrary, limit the production of knowledge? With the digital revolution, modern society appears obsessed by the need to collect and accumulate all ...
David Bouvier
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Mythological Names and dróttkvætt Formulae I: When is a Valkyrie Like a Spear?
Studia Metrica et Poetica, 2014 This article explores patterns of language use in oral poetry within a variety of semantic formula. Such a formula may vary its surface texture in relation to phonic demands of the metrical environment in which it is realized.
- Frog
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Paanthungi, Puisi Lisan Gorontalo sebagai Media Pemertahanan Bahasa Daerah
Jentera: Jurnal Kajian Sastra, 2022 The purpose of this study is to describe Panthungi, Gorontalo's oral poetry as a medium for maintaining local languages. This research is descriptive in nature which is the result of a literature review related to Paanthungi.
Ellyana Hinta +3 more
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An acoustic study of vocal expression in two genres of Yoruba oral poetry
Frontiers in Communication, 2022 This pilot study proposes an acoustic study of the vocal expressions in Ìjálá and Ẹ̀sà, two genres of Yorùbá oral poetry. For this study, we conducted an experiment, involving the vocalization of an original poem in speech mode, Ìjálá and Ẹ̀sà.
Samuel K. Akinbo +3 more
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