Humor and scatology in contemporary Zulu ceremonial songs

N Turner - Humor, 2018 - degruyter.com
This article focuses on humor embedded in the delivery and lyrics of a form of song sung by
Zulu women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa still widely practiced in rural areas, called …

The depiction of chiramu register and the female voice and communicator in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions

T Charamba, T Musanga - African Identities, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT This article examines Tsitsi Dangarembga's depiction of the Chiramu register in
Nervous Conditions. The article argues that, in Shona culture, the type of relationship one …

Naming Female Characters to Achieve a Colonial Agenda ('De-Womanisation'of African Womanhood): The Case of Zvarevashe's Novel Kurauone

T Charamba - Names Fashioned by Gender - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter is written on the understanding that, in Africa, art, of which literature is part, is
not produced for luxury. Thus, the creation of art is a serious business since authentic art …