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   An analysis of totemic animal imagery in Setswana praise poems of the Bakwena ba Mogopa clan of the Southern African Batswana

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Joseph Maleke Sethabela --- Faculty of Humanities, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

   This article explores the importance of totemic animal imagery in three extracts from Bakwena ba Mogopa praise poems, published in the original Setswana and subsequently translated into English. The poems, identified through convenience sampling, were chosen because they are representative...

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   Women and Femininity in Setswana Proverbs: Pragmatic Analysis

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Kealeboga Aiseng --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

   Many African cultures have been discredited, ridiculed and negated. This study offers a different perspective on understanding African cultures. The article visits one of the oldest forms of literature in African societies, oral literature, focusing on proverbs to unpack gender...

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