Zulu Oral Systems
Zulu Oral Systems explores the sophisticated methods precolonial Zulu societies used to preserve their history and govern without written records.
It delves into how structured verbal forms, like praise poems (izibongo), and ritualistic performances, such as the annual First Fruits celebrations (umkhosi), encoded and transmitted crucial knowledge.
The book challenges conventional understandings of p...
Zulu Oral Systems explores the sophisticated methods precolonial Zulu societies used to preserve their history and govern without written records.
It delves into how structured verbal forms, like praise poems (izibongo), and ritualistic performances, such as the annual First Fruits celebrations (umkhosi), encoded and transmitted crucial knowledge.
The book challenges conventional understandings of p...
