The Dassie and the Hunter

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  • The Dassie and the Hunter Book Detail

  • Author : Jeff Opland
  • Release Date : 2005
  • Publisher : University of Kwazulu Natal Press
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 470
  • ISBN 13 :
  • File Size : 64,64 MB

The Dassie and the Hunter by Jeff Opland PDF Summary

Book Description: This book chronicles the life, times and poetry of extraordinary Xhosa praise poet, the late David Yali-Manisi, and his growing friendship and fruitful working relationship with author Jeff Opland. Opland is a renowned scholar who is recognized world-wide as a foremost authority on Xhosa izibongo or praises. His perceptive account gives insight not only into Manisi himself, but the complex art form of praise poetry-a spontaneous performance art of extraordinary subtlety and sophistication that, as Opland notes, embodies in itself the ancestral culture, history and politics of the Xhosa nation. What is unique about this book is the personal dimension that Opland brings to the subject, fusing impeccable scholarship with self-reflective autobiographical narrative. The book incorporates a variety of styles, from autobiographical to verbatim interview, and its shift of voice reflect the author's own internal journey as his deepening friendship with Manisi works its humanizing alchemy. The book is a celebration of the supreme talent of a gifted African poet, and the interaction of a black and a white South African reaching out to each other.

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