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Ndana, Ndana (English)

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Publication Details Author list: Ndana N Publication year: 2006 Volume number: 38 Start page: 99 End page: 114 Number of pages: 16

Using G.P. Lestrade's (1937) framework, this paper gives a preliminary survey of Subiya oral literature from Botswana, including fables, praise poems, songs, proverbs, idioms, riddles and provocative similes. Lestrade's terminology 'traditional literature' is used, because the Subiya corpus of literature has been transmitted up till now only by word of mouth and is therefore not readily available. The paper aims to contribute to the recording and preservation of this corpus. The typologies provided are tentative and not clearly defined. Brief definitions of genres, their contexts and significance are illustrated with examples from Subiya culture. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract]

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