The Oral Nature of Northern Sotho Direto
Kgobe, Dominic Mamahlo
In this study the oral nature of N Sotho Direto is examined. It is
divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 introduces and delimitates the
scope, outlines the characteristics of ora 1 poetry and gives bdefly,
a classification of the N Sotho Direto.
Chapter 2 focuses on the reason for which the Direto are composed and
their transmission from generation to generation. Attention is also
focused on the content of the Direto and the form they take when
presented to an audience. Poetic devices involved in the presentation
are scrutinized.
Chapter 3 looks into the composition of Direto, the composer (Sereti},
his performance and audience. The language of the composer also
receives attention in this chapter.
Chapter 4 is a comparison of unwritten poems collected during research
with written poems of D M Phala in Kxomo "a thswa.
Chapter 5 is a general conclusion.
chapters are synthesized.
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