An edition of The Xhosa Ntsomi (1975)

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An edition of The Xhosa Ntsomi (1975)

The Xhosa Ntsomi

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The Xhosa ntsomi is a performing art which has, as its dynamic mainspring, a core-clinche which is, during a performance, developed, expanded, detailed, and dramatized before an audience which is itself composed of performers, everyone in a Xhosa society being a potential performer.

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Clarendon Press
Language
English, Xhosa
Pages
446

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Folklore Storytelling Xhosa (African people) Tales Drama Xhosa Folk drama Folk drama
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Cover of: The Xhosa Ntsomi
The Xhosa Ntsomi
1975, Clarendon Press
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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. [432]-433.
Includes indexes.

Published in
Oxford [Eng.]
Series
Oxford library of African literature

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
398/.042/0968
Library of Congress
GR359.2.X64 S33, GR359.2.X64.S33

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 446 p., [2] leaves of plates :
Number of pages
446

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL4927304M
Internet Archive
xhosantsomi00sche
ISBN 10
0198151403
LCCN
76353769
OCLC/WorldCat
2850339
Goodreads
836804

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL16999406W

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