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Izibongo is a
genre of oral
literature among various Bantu peoples of
Southern Africa,
including the Zulu and the Xhosa.
While it is
often considered to...
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tribal spirituality.
Examples include Oriki amongst the
Yoruba people,
Isibongo amongst the Zulu people, and
Iziduko amongst the
Xhosa people. The custom...
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communities and
clans (also
called the
isizwe people or nation, or
called isibongo,
referring to
their clan or
family name).
Nguni communities had migrated...
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mimosa (thorn)
trees in the area. 114
Trenance 115
Tshabalala This is the "
isibongo" or
praise name for Lobengula's mother, Fulata, who was of
Swazi extraction...
- Eso's
descent from the
famous Eso
Ikoyi warriors of the
medieval period.
Isibongo, a
similar concept amongst the
Bantu of
Southern Africa.
Abraham 1962,...
- well as five
primary schools namely, Sifisesihle, Zamuthule, Qhamukile,
Isibongo and Nhlanhleni.
Activities include:
annual dog show; Zulu
Mpophomeni Tourism...
- 'friends'
belong to
class 2,
characterised by the
prefix aba-,
whereas isÃbongo, 'surname' and isÃhlahla, 'tree'
belong to
class 7,
characterised by the...
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opposed to
pictorial in nature.
Praise poetry traditions such as
Isiduko and
Isibongo provided peoples such as the
Zulus and the
Xhosas with
symbolic capital...
- was
himself at the
heart of this
movement as a
revivalist of the Zulu
isibongo poetic tradition.
Qabula took
these traditional poetic forms and injected...
