Original Articles

Aspects of social commitment in oral literature

Published in: South African Journal of African Languages
Volume 24 , issue 1 , 2004 , pages: 46–56

DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2004.10587225

Author(s): NN Mathonsi IsiZulu Programme, South Africa

Abstract

This article intends to highlight the element of social commitment in African oral genres. Oral literature represents the very soul of our culture, and constitutes the seed-bed of modem literature, as it supplies both the spirit and the approach to various forms of creative and artistic use of the word.

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