An investigation into the present system of orientation for pupils entering high school under the jurisdiction of the Cape Education Department, leading to an orientation programme
- Heath, John Lionel Potgieter
- Authors: Heath, John Lionel Potgieter
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Education, Secondary -- South Africa Educational change -- South Africa Education and state -- South Africa Educational law and legislation -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
- Identifier: vital:1870 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004769
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Heath, John Lionel Potgieter
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Education, Secondary -- South Africa Educational change -- South Africa Education and state -- South Africa Educational law and legislation -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
- Identifier: vital:1870 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004769
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1986
iThemba lam
- Zionists, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Zionists , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa City not specified f-sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/297993 , vital:57653 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD097-07
- Description: Religious Music.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Zionists , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa City not specified f-sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/297993 , vital:57653 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD097-07
- Description: Religious Music.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Studies in carangid fishes no. 4: the identity of Scomber Sansun Forsskal, 1775
- Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Authors: Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Date: 1986
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:15050 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020232
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Date: 1986
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:15050 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020232
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1986
Title Not Specified
- Dyiwili, Nofinishi, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Dyiwili, Nofinishi , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/299734 , vital:57848 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD103-01
- Description: Traditional Xhosa song with clapping accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Dyiwili, Nofinishi , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/299734 , vital:57848 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD103-01
- Description: Traditional Xhosa song with clapping accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Sinelizwi likaThixo
- Zion Apostolic Holy Church Congregation, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Zion Apostolic Holy Church Congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/299072 , vital:57774 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD099-14
- Description: Zionist Church Music with clapping, drum and rattle accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Zion Apostolic Holy Church Congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/299072 , vital:57774 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD099-14
- Description: Zionist Church Music with clapping, drum and rattle accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Our Father
- St Bede's Theological College Choir, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: St Bede's Theological College Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Umtata sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/322163 , vital:60529 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD161-12
- Description: Hymn celebrating Bishop's consecration with organ accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: St Bede's Theological College Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Umtata sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/322163 , vital:60529 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD161-12
- Description: Hymn celebrating Bishop's consecration with organ accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
An examination of Aristotelian modality
- Authors: Munshi, Salma
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Aristotle , Modality (Theory of knowledge)
- Language: English
- Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2703 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001978
- Description: From introduction: A popular misconception regarding Aristotle's views on modality is that Aristotle adhered to the doctrine of no unrealized possibilities. According to this doctrine, all possibilities are realized in time; in other words, if it is possible that something could happen, then at some time it is the case that that happens. For example, if it is possible for Socrates to escape from prison, then there will be a time at which Socrates will actually escape from prison. On this view, the possible and the actual co-incide; whereas there is abundant evidence that Aristotle was careful to maintain a distinction between the possible and the actual.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Munshi, Salma
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Aristotle , Modality (Theory of knowledge)
- Language: English
- Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2703 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001978
- Description: From introduction: A popular misconception regarding Aristotle's views on modality is that Aristotle adhered to the doctrine of no unrealized possibilities. According to this doctrine, all possibilities are realized in time; in other words, if it is possible that something could happen, then at some time it is the case that that happens. For example, if it is possible for Socrates to escape from prison, then there will be a time at which Socrates will actually escape from prison. On this view, the possible and the actual co-incide; whereas there is abundant evidence that Aristotle was careful to maintain a distinction between the possible and the actual.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1986
Mngeniso 1986
- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's Chopi Timbila xylophone orchestra group of 25 men of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's Chopi Timbila xylophone orchestra group of 25 men of Wildebeesfontein , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Chopi (African people) -- Music , Folk music -- South Africa , Xylophone (Musical instruments) , Drum (Musical instruments) , Rattle (Musical instruments) , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Wildebeesfontein f-sa
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/98818 , vital:31628 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC072b-02
- Description: Traditional dance song played by Alberto Mange for Timbila solo analysis
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's Chopi Timbila xylophone orchestra group of 25 men of Wildebeesfontein , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Chopi (African people) -- Music , Folk music -- South Africa , Xylophone (Musical instruments) , Drum (Musical instruments) , Rattle (Musical instruments) , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Wildebeesfontein f-sa
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/98818 , vital:31628 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC072b-02
- Description: Traditional dance song played by Alberto Mange for Timbila solo analysis
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Elele le homna
- St Bede's Theological College Choir, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: St Bede's Theological College Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Umtata sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/322053 , vital:60516 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD161-03
- Description: Hymn celebrating Bishop's consecration with Marimba and drum accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: St Bede's Theological College Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Umtata sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/322053 , vital:60516 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD161-03
- Description: Hymn celebrating Bishop's consecration with Marimba and drum accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Mzeno without sanji notes 1986
- Venancio Mbande and his slow version for learning Timbila orchestra of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Venancio Mbande and his slow version for learning Timbila orchestra of Wildebeesfontein , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Chopi (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Xylophone music , Africa South Africa Wildebeesfontein f-sa
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/98016 , vital:31529 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC062a-03
- Description: Traditional dance song played by Venancio Mbande with Chopi Timbila xylophone accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Venancio Mbande and his slow version for learning Timbila orchestra of Wildebeesfontein , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Chopi (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Xylophone music , Africa South Africa Wildebeesfontein f-sa
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/98016 , vital:31529 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC062a-03
- Description: Traditional dance song played by Venancio Mbande with Chopi Timbila xylophone accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Ndikhokele, O Mkululi
- St Bede's Theological College Choir, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: St Bede's Theological College Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Umtata sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/322250 , vital:60538 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD161-18
- Description: Hymn celebrating Bishop's consecration with Marimba accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: St Bede's Theological College Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Umtata sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/322250 , vital:60538 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD161-18
- Description: Hymn celebrating Bishop's consecration with Marimba accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Mzeno Nkomati 1986
- Venancio Mbande and his Chopi Timbila xylophone orchestra players of Wildebeesfontein Mine, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Venancio Mbande and his Chopi Timbila xylophone orchestra players of Wildebeesfontein Mine , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Chopi (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Xylophone music , Rattle (Musical instrument) , Africa South Africa Wildebeesfontein f-sa
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/97980 , vital:31519 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC061a-04
- Description: Traditional dance song with Timbila xylophone and rattle accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Venancio Mbande and his Chopi Timbila xylophone orchestra players of Wildebeesfontein Mine , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Chopi (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Xylophone music , Rattle (Musical instrument) , Africa South Africa Wildebeesfontein f-sa
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/97980 , vital:31519 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC061a-04
- Description: Traditional dance song with Timbila xylophone and rattle accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Les aspects metephysiques du theatre de Ionesco
- Authors: Thomas, David Croft
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Ionesco, Eugène -- Criticism and interpretation
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3610 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004534 , Ionesco, Eugène -- Criticism and interpretation
- Description: From Introduction: Au cours d'une interview accordée à deux critiques littéraires, le 9 novembre 1976 , Ionesco déclare : Un retour à la métaphysique me semble, à notré epoque, indispensable. Ce point de vue nous semble être d'une importance fondamentale, tant par la référence à un probleme spécifiquement moderne, que par la formulation d'une profonde préoccupation de l'auteur. Ionesco résume par là un débat qui informe continuellement son oeuvre théàtrale. Ce débat, et cette quête, sont les thèmes essentiels que nous voudrions mettre à jour dans cette oeuvre . Nous proposons donc d'étudier le désir et l'effort que manifeste et que tente l ' homme moderne, imbu d'une culture matérialiste, laïque et profane, pour retrouver la vie spirituelle de ses ancêtres son aspiration à la connaissance du sacré . Ce sujet, aussi vaste qu'il est élémentaire, exige l'examen de l'oeuvre complàte afin d'en dégager les constantes.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Thomas, David Croft
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Ionesco, Eugène -- Criticism and interpretation
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3610 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004534 , Ionesco, Eugène -- Criticism and interpretation
- Description: From Introduction: Au cours d'une interview accordée à deux critiques littéraires, le 9 novembre 1976 , Ionesco déclare : Un retour à la métaphysique me semble, à notré epoque, indispensable. Ce point de vue nous semble être d'une importance fondamentale, tant par la référence à un probleme spécifiquement moderne, que par la formulation d'une profonde préoccupation de l'auteur. Ionesco résume par là un débat qui informe continuellement son oeuvre théàtrale. Ce débat, et cette quête, sont les thèmes essentiels que nous voudrions mettre à jour dans cette oeuvre . Nous proposons donc d'étudier le désir et l'effort que manifeste et que tente l ' homme moderne, imbu d'une culture matérialiste, laïque et profane, pour retrouver la vie spirituelle de ses ancêtres son aspiration à la connaissance du sacré . Ce sujet, aussi vaste qu'il est élémentaire, exige l'examen de l'oeuvre complàte afin d'en dégager les constantes.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1986
Silungise, Bawo, thina bantu bakho
- Zionist Church Choir, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Zionist Church Choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Kirkwood f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/298339 , vital:57690 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD098-18
- Description: Zionist Church Music with clapping, drum and rattle accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Zionist Church Choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Kirkwood f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/298339 , vital:57690 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD098-18
- Description: Zionist Church Music with clapping, drum and rattle accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Ndiyambulela kuze kube ngonaphakade
- Zionist Church Choir, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Zionist Church Choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Kirkwood f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/298366 , vital:57693 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD098-20
- Description: Zionist Church Music with clapping, drum and rattle accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Zionist Church Choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Kirkwood f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/298366 , vital:57693 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD098-20
- Description: Zionist Church Music with clapping, drum and rattle accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Sikhulule Nkosi
- Khanyisa Church Congregation, Manci, Paul, Father, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Khanyisa Church Congregation , Manci, Paul, Father , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Cape Town sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/416328 , vital:71339 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC147a-04
- Description: Catholic mass hymn, unaccompanied with preaching.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Khanyisa Church Congregation , Manci, Paul, Father , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Cape Town sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/416328 , vital:71339 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC147a-04
- Description: Catholic mass hymn, unaccompanied with preaching.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Wena Langa
- Khanyisa Church Congregation, Manci, Paul, Father, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Khanyisa Church Congregation , Manci, Paul, Father , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Cape Town sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/416260 , vital:71333 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC147a-01
- Description: Catholic mass hymn, accompanied by the marimba.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Khanyisa Church Congregation , Manci, Paul, Father , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Cape Town sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/416260 , vital:71333 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC147a-01
- Description: Catholic mass hymn, accompanied by the marimba.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Soft believers and hard unbelievers in the Xhosa cattle-killing
- Authors: Peires, Jeffrey B
- Date: 1986
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6153 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007064 , http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021853700023264
- Description: A substantial minority, perhaps 15 per cent of all Xhosa, refused to obey the prophetess Nongqawuse's orders to kill their cattle and destroy their corn. This divided Xhosaland into two parties, the amathamba (‘soft’ ones, or believers) and the amagogotya (‘hard’ ones, or unbelievers). The affiliation of individuals was partly determined by a number of factors – lungsickness in cattle, political attitude towards the Cape Colony, religious beliefs, kinship, age and gender – but a systematic analysis of each of these factors in turn suggests that none of them was sufficiently important to constitute the basis of either party. The key to understanding the division lies in an analysis of the indigenous Xhosa terms ‘soft’ and ‘hard’. ‘Softness’ in Xhosa denotes the submissiveness of the individual to the common will of the community, whereas ‘hardness’ denotes the determination of the individual to pursue his own ends, even at communal expense. Translated into social terms, the ‘soft’ believers were those who remained committed to the mutual aid ethic of the declining precolonial society, whereas the ‘hard’ unbelievers were those who sought to seize advantage of the new opportunities offered by the colonial presence to increase their wealth and social prominence. The conflict between the social and personal imperatives was well expressed by Chief Smith Mhala, the unbelieving son of a believing father, when he said, ‘They say I am killing my father – so I would kill him before I would kill my cattle.’ Certainly, the division between amathamba and amagogotya ran much deeper than the division between belief and unbelief, and the Xhosa, in conferring these names, seem to have recognized the fact.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Peires, Jeffrey B
- Date: 1986
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6153 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007064 , http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021853700023264
- Description: A substantial minority, perhaps 15 per cent of all Xhosa, refused to obey the prophetess Nongqawuse's orders to kill their cattle and destroy their corn. This divided Xhosaland into two parties, the amathamba (‘soft’ ones, or believers) and the amagogotya (‘hard’ ones, or unbelievers). The affiliation of individuals was partly determined by a number of factors – lungsickness in cattle, political attitude towards the Cape Colony, religious beliefs, kinship, age and gender – but a systematic analysis of each of these factors in turn suggests that none of them was sufficiently important to constitute the basis of either party. The key to understanding the division lies in an analysis of the indigenous Xhosa terms ‘soft’ and ‘hard’. ‘Softness’ in Xhosa denotes the submissiveness of the individual to the common will of the community, whereas ‘hardness’ denotes the determination of the individual to pursue his own ends, even at communal expense. Translated into social terms, the ‘soft’ believers were those who remained committed to the mutual aid ethic of the declining precolonial society, whereas the ‘hard’ unbelievers were those who sought to seize advantage of the new opportunities offered by the colonial presence to increase their wealth and social prominence. The conflict between the social and personal imperatives was well expressed by Chief Smith Mhala, the unbelieving son of a believing father, when he said, ‘They say I am killing my father – so I would kill him before I would kill my cattle.’ Certainly, the division between amathamba and amagogotya ran much deeper than the division between belief and unbelief, and the Xhosa, in conferring these names, seem to have recognized the fact.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1986
Title Not Specified
- Dyiwili, Nofinishi, Group of Men and Women, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Dyiwili, Nofinishi , Group of Men and Women , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/299694 , vital:57844 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD102-12
- Description: Traditional Xhosa song with clapping accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Dyiwili, Nofinishi , Group of Men and Women , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/299694 , vital:57844 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD102-12
- Description: Traditional Xhosa song with clapping accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Title Not Specified
- Performer Not Specified, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Performer Not Specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/299341 , vital:57804 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD101-06
- Description: Liberation song with clapping and stamping accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Performer Not Specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/299341 , vital:57804 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD101-06
- Description: Liberation song with clapping and stamping accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986