- Title
- The Dassie and the Hunter: A South African Meeting
- Creator
- Kaschula, Russell H
- Date
- 2005
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175147
- Identifier
- vital:42547
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v43i1.29727
- Description
- This book does not resemble any of Jeff Opland’s previous academic works. There is no similarity in style, and to some extent content. His previous books, namely, Xhosa oral poetry: Aspects of a black South African tradition (Cambridge University Press, 1983), and Xhosa poets and poetry (David Philip, 1998), were written as purely scientific, academic works. The Dassie and the Hunter amounts to a subtle snub of academia and its restrictive rules. Though written by Opland, it is as if he and his research subject, Manisi, have colluded to make this work different and special, in a personal mystical way, disregarding academic etiquette, weaving a more creative, poetic tapestry. This makes the book an interesting read. In style and content, it is neither rigorously academic, solely biographical, nor purely creative. It evades classification. It is individualistic.
- Format
- 3 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Kaschula, R.H., 2006. " The Dassie and the Hunter. A South African Meeting" By Jeff Opland (2005). Tydskrif vir letterkunde, 43(1), pp.186-188, Tydskrif vir Letterkunde volume 43 number 1 186 188 2005 2309-9070
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Tydskrif vir letterkunde Copyright Notice Statement (https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tvl/about/submissions)
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