Nontsizi Mgqwetho

This title examines how Nontsizi Mgqwetho, a Xhosa woman writing in the 1920s, appropriated the traditional male imbongi role to address social, cultural, and political concerns of black South Africans through newspaper poetry, including:

• Analysis of Nontsizi Mgqwetho''s appropriation of the traditional male imbongi role in 1920s South Africa
• Examination of the transition from oral praise poetry t...