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Sabinet , 2018
While there have been a number of studies on the decontextualisation and secularisation of tradit... more While there have been a number of studies on the decontextualisation and secularisation of traditional ritual music in America, Taiwan and other parts of the globe, very little has been written on the processes and transformations that South Africa's indigenous ceremonial songs go through over time. The research for this article was prompted by the authors' interest in, and engagement with, the Xhosa initiation song Somagwaza, which has been reimagined as a popular song but has also purportedly found its way into other religious spaces. In this article we attempt to discover the extent to which the Somagwaza song is still associated with the Xhosa initiation ritual and to analyse evidence of it being decontextualised and secularised in contemporary South Africa. Our methodology includes an examination of the various academic treatments of the song, an analysis of the lyrics of a popular song bearing the same name and small focus group discussions and questionnaires with Xhosa speakers on the topic of the song. The data gathered is analysed using the constant comparative method of analysing qualitative research.
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Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies, 2018
While there have been a number of studies on the decontextualisation and secularisation of tradit... more While there have been a number of studies on the decontextualisation and secularisation of traditional ritual music in America, Taiwan and other parts of the globe, very little has been written on the processes and transformations that South Africa’s indigenous ceremonial songs go through over time. This study was prompted by the authors’ interest in, and engagement with the Xhosa initiation song Somagwaza, which has been re-imagined as a popular song, but has also purportedly found its way into other religious spaces. In this article, we attempted to investigate the extent to which the song Somagwaza is still associated with the Xhosa initiation ritual and to analyse evidence of it being decontextualised and secularised in contemporary South Africa. Our methodology included an examination of the various academic treatments of the song, an analysis of the lyrics of a popular song, bearing the same name, holding small focus group discussions, and distributing questionnaires to sp...
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Anele Gobodwana , 2022
People tend to become so glued up with things they were never taught or educated about. The issue... more People tend to become so glued up with things they were never taught or educated about. The issue and the clash of religion and tradition are still rife to date. Hence, this paper addresses the background and gives clear guidance of Imbeleko and iCawa.
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