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Nation's Bounty

The Xhosa Poetry of Nontsizi Mgqwetho

Herausgeber: Opland, Jeff

Beschreibung

Nontsizi Mgqwetho contributed poetry to a Johannesburg newspaper, ""Umteteli wa Bantu"", she was the the first female poet to produce a substantial body of work in Xhosa. Apart from what is revealed in these writings, very little is known about her life. This work contains her original poems alongside English translations.

Autor

Jeff Opland, visiting professor of African Language Literatures in the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and visiting professor in the School of Languages, Rhodes University, is an acclaimed scholar specialising in Xhosa literature. His recent works include The Nation's Bounty: The Xhosa Poetry of Nontsizi Mgqwetho (Wits University Press, 2007) and editions and translations of the work of Isaac Williams Wauchope (Van Riebeeck Society, 2008) and S. E. K. Mqhayi's historical and biographical writings (Wits University Press, 2009).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 508
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 139mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9781868144518
• ISBN-10: 1868144518
• Artikelnr.: 22982030