edited by Liz Gunner and Mafika Gwala
Michigan State University Press, 1991
Cloth: 978-0-87013-306-0 | eISBN: 978-0-87013-922-2
Library of Congress Classification PL8844.A2M87 1991
Dewey Decimal Classification 896.39861

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
In Musho! Zulu Popular Praises Elizabeth Gunner, an authority on Zulu literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, and Mafika Gwala, a South African teacher and poet, have translated, transcribed, and annotated a wide variety of Zulu izibongo poetry. In so doing, they have revealed the incredible breadth of this traditional genre, which is usually equated with nineteenth-century epic traditions that celebrate the deeds of Shaka and the successor kings of his Zulu monarchy.  
     Musho!, with its extensive historical introduction, and literary commentary on Zulu poetry, is a major contribution to the field.  
 

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