Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies

Articles

• Examining Illiberality and Vanquishment in One Selected isiXhosa Folktale Titled “UNomadlavana” (The Ragged-Clothed Girl)

  Siziwe Mandubu

  15 pages

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• Conceptions of Rain and Rainfall Patterns: A Sehananwa Philosophical Perspective

  Madimabe Geoff Mapaya

  13 pages

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• The Dark Side of Northern Sotho Folklore: A Study on the Emotional Vulnerability of Children

  Isaac Ramohlale, Chauke Osborn Risimati, Mapengo Tintswalo

  15 pages

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• Digitalising Narration of Sesotho Folktale: Analysing the Impact of Power Dynamics as Depicted in the Folktale “Phakwe le Mokoko”

  Aaron Mpho Masowa, Tshepang Moloi

  10 pages

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• Folklore and Naming among AmaXhosa: A Descriptive Analysis

  Nosiphiwo Rachel Mazaleni

  13 pages

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• Reviving Zimbabwean Traditional Dance through Popular Youth Culture

  Innocent Tinashe Mutero

  24 pages

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• The Ethnographic Understanding of the Interplay Between Zulu Culture and Afropop in Zinhle Madela’s Artistic Identity

  Sandile Ntethelelo Gumbi

  16 pages

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• In Honour of Oral Tradition : The Historical Category and Technique of Aesthetic Transfer and Its Decolonising Effect in Ben Okri’s Starbook

  Nelson Ratau

  23 pages

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• Evocations of Oral Narratives in Postcolonial Allegories: The Case of Ubulumko Bezinja by Rustum Siyongwana and Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo

  Siphiwo Mahala, Jabulile Mdlalose

  20 pages

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• Cultural Perceptions of Folklore in the Grade Nine EFAL Classroom

  Vukosi Linah Maluleke , Cornelia Smith

  22 pages

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• Cultural Change and Dynamics of Taboo Language in Vhavenḓa: An Afrocentric Perspective

  Mudau Mbulaheni, Shumani Nefale

  19 pages

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• Analysis of the Cultural Meaning of Okulamusa Practice of the Basoga People of Uganda

  James Isabirye

  22 pages

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