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The Form and Meaning of Otjiherero Praises
Jekura Uaurika Kavari
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The Form and Meaning of Otjiherero Praises

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Otjiherero is a South Western Bantu language, mainly spoken in Namibia and outside its borders in Botswana and Angola. The present study is a documentation and survey on oral literature of the Otjiherero, with the primary purpose to investigate the form and meaning of the praise genre in order to pinpoint their essential features. Because of the omnipresent nature of the praise genre in everyday Otjiherero discourses, it can be defined as a ubiquitous genre. Therefore, praises are most continually presented in the perfomances of other genres and they are highly valued, and deeply cherished by ...