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The ibali of Nongqawuse : translating the oral tradition into visual expression

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Autor(es)
Nhlangwini, Andrew Pandheni
Título
The ibali of Nongqawuse : translating the oral tradition into visual expression / Andrew Pandheni Nhlangwini
Publicación
Port Elizabeth: Port Elizabeth Technikon, Faculty of Art and Design, 2003?
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1 fitxategi (PDF, 3 MB) (167 or. : kol. ir., map.)
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The tribal life and the oral traditions of black South Africans have been marginalized. The consequence of the western civilization and the apartheid regime forced people to do away from their traditional heritage and culture; they adopted the western way of life. They buried their oral tradition and only a little has survived. To save the dying culture of the art of the oral tradition we need to go out and record and documemnt the surviving oral tradition as soon as possible. Since the art of the oral tradition is an art form conducted by an artist, it may be possible to tell the ibali likaNongqawuse by means of visual imagery. Visual images can be read and be understood easily by the public because visual forms, sings, images can make up a language for both the literate as well as the illiterate.