School of Languages: isiXhosa

This story, written by Sindiwe Magona as a "letter from a Xhosa Grandmother", to record her life in South Africa for her grandchildren so that they do not lose their own history was first published in English as "To My Children's Children" and re-written in Xhosa by the author.

Introduction: African-language literatures and popular arts : challenges and new approaches -- Proverbs in narratives : seeing the contemporary through archaic gazes in Aphelile Agambaqa and Impi yaboMdabu isethunjini -- Nested narratives : 'Some are seated well [...] while others are not seated at all' -- Acts of naming : the detective plot in Masondo's fiction -- 'A world in creolisation' : inheritance politics and the ambiguities of a 'very modern tradition' in two black South African TV dramas -- Thematic re-engagements in the television drama series Gaz'lam and isiZulu literature -- 'It is not crime in the way you see it' : Kuyoqhuma Nhlamvana's rewriting of Yizo Yizo's crime discourse and outlaw culture.

U-Unambitheko yincwadi equlethe izincoko ezichaphazela imiba ngemiba kubomi esibuphilayo kuwo lo mhlaba umagad ahlabayo. Ingakumbi kula maxesha sikuwo, zininzi izinto ezifika ziphithikeze ingqondo yomntu oNtsunda atsho angazazi nokuba ubheka kweliphi na icala. Zingena kweso sithuba ke izincoko kuba zona ziyayixhokonxa ingqondo, zimenze obelele abuke ebuthongweni, zimenze ohleliyo abe ngathi uyazikisa ukucinga. Le ncwadi ilikhwelo kumZi oNtsundu. Vukani!

A collection of contemporary essays that explore the pros and cons of common issues (eg. the role of TV, corporal punishment) and further encourage debate and reflection on these topics.

This collection of Godfrey's articles constitutes a significant source of information on the folklore of the Xhosa speaking peoples and the state of their language in the early decades of the twentieth century