Jeff Opland
Biographic Data
| ID | 142632 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeff Opland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeff |
| FAMILY NAME | Opland |
| SIGNATURE | OPLAND J |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Selves in Question
Wide-ranging and engaging, Selves in Question considers the various ways in which auto/biographical accounts situate and question the self in contemporary southern Africa.The twenty-seven interviews presented here consider both the ontological status and the representation of the self. They remind us that the self is constantly under construction in webs of interlocution and that its status and representation are always in question. The contribut…
The Xhosaimbongias trickster
In enacting his ritual of kingship, the Xhosa imbongi (praise poet) in South Africa is marked by his accoutrements and his artistic performance as separated from society; he assumes a sacred stance in a transitional position and effects the social incorporation of his audiences; he mediates between chief and subjects, serving as both upholder of the chief's status and as social critic. His liminal location invites comparison with other trickster …
Nations's Bounty
For nearly a decade Nontsizi Mgqwetho contributed poetry to a Johannesburg newspaper, Umteteli wa Bantu, the first and only female poet to produce a substantial body of work in isiXhosa. Apart from what is revealed in these writings, very little is known about her life. She explodes on the scene with her swaggering, urgent, confrontational woman’s poetry on 23 October 1920, sends poems to the newspaper regularly throughout the three years from 19…
The First Novel in Xhosa
The first novel in the Xhosa language, USamson, written by the greatest figure in the history of Xhosa literature, S. E. K. Mqhayi (1875–1945), and published in 1907, is now lost. It was produced at a time when black people in South Africa were becoming bolder in their demand for human rights, forming independent black churches and political organizations. It appeared after a period of gestation for Xhosa literature in newspapers, at a time when …
First Meeting with Manisi
In 2002, Research in African Literatures carried an article on the early career of the Thembu imbongi (praise poet) D. L. P. Yali-Manisi (1926–99). The article was drawn from the introduction and chapter one of an account of my 29-year association with the poet, to be published by the University of KwaZulu-Natal Press under the title The Dassie and the Hunter: A South African Meeting. In the second chapter of the book, I depart from an academic m…
The Powers of Genre
This study is an attempt to "operationalize genre as an interpretive instrument" (p. 224). It offers the results of a journey of discovery for Peter Seitel as a collector and editor of Haya heroic ballads from Tanzania. In an effort to understand the material better, Seitel noticed connections with the Haya folktales he had already collected and edited under the title See So That We May See (Indiana University Press, 1980). One insight led to ano…
The Powers of Genre
Book Review| January 01 2003 The Powers of Genre: Interpreting Haya Oral Literature The Powers of Genre: Interpreting Haya Oral Literature, Peter Seitel. Jeff Opland Jeff Opland Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2003) 116 (459): 122–123. https://doi.org/10.2307/4137950 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Jeff Opland; The Powers of …
What's in a poem? The Philip Balkwill memorial lecture delivered at charterhouse, Godalming, 28 April 2000
Xhosa Poets and Poetry
Xhosa oral poetry has defied the threats to its integrity over two centuries, to take its place in a free South Africa. This volume establishes the background to this poetic re-emergence, preserving and transmitting the voice of the Xhosa poet
Nontsizi Mgqwetho
In the years following the First World War, black South Africans publicly defied white systems of control both in urban centres like Johannesburg, to which many migrated to work on the mines, and in the rural areas. Throughout the country, blacks boycotted stores, mounted strikes, and demonstrated against the pass system. This post-war political activity culminated in the mineworkers' strike of 1920, ‘an event of major significance. Of a total of…
The image of the book in Xhosa oral poetry
The Theory of Oral Composition
Xhosa Oral Poetry
The Xhosa-speaking peoples of south-eastern South Africa have a long tradition of oral poetry, extending back at least two hundred years. This book, first published in 1983, was the first detailed study of that tradition. Jeff Opland has assembled a large corpus of Xhosa oral poetry making his the first analysis of an active South African oral poetic tradition to be based on actual fieldwork. The book focuses in particular on the poetry produced …
Xhosa Oral Poetry
Xhosa Oral Poetry
Xhosa Oral Poetry
The Xhosa-speaking peoples of south-eastern South Africa have a long tradition of oral poetry, extending back at least two hundred years. This book, first published in 1983, was the first detailed study of that tradition. Jeff Opland has assembled a large corpus of Xhosa oral poetry making his the first analysis of an active South African oral poetic tradition to be based on actual fieldwork. The book focuses in particular on the poetry produced …
Xhosa Poets and Poetry
Xhosa oral poetry has defied the threats to its integrity over two centuries, to take its place in a free South Africa. This volume establishes the background to this poetic re-emergence, preserving and transmitting the voice of the Xhosa poet
The Xhosaimbongias trickster
In enacting his ritual of kingship, the Xhosa imbongi (praise poet) in South Africa is marked by his accoutrements and his artistic performance as separated from society; he assumes a sacred stance in a transitional position and effects the social incorporation of his audiences; he mediates between chief and subjects, serving as both upholder of the chief's status and as social critic. His liminal location invites comparison with other trickster …
The First Novel in Xhosa
The first novel in the Xhosa language, USamson, written by the greatest figure in the history of Xhosa literature, S. E. K. Mqhayi (1875–1945), and published in 1907, is now lost. It was produced at a time when black people in South Africa were becoming bolder in their demand for human rights, forming independent black churches and political organizations. It appeared after a period of gestation for Xhosa literature in newspapers, at a time when …
Xhosa Oral Poetry
Xhosa Oral Poetry
Xhosa Oral Poetry
Xhosa Oral Poetry
The Xhosa-speaking peoples of south-eastern South Africa have a long tradition of oral poetry, extending back at least two hundred years. This book, first published in 1983, was the first detailed study of that tradition. Jeff Opland has assembled a large corpus of Xhosa oral poetry making his the first analysis of an active South African oral poetic tradition to be based on actual fieldwork. The book focuses in particular on the poetry produced …
The Theory of Oral Composition
Nontsizi Mgqwetho
In the years following the First World War, black South Africans publicly defied white systems of control both in urban centres like Johannesburg, to which many migrated to work on the mines, and in the rural areas. Throughout the country, blacks boycotted stores, mounted strikes, and demonstrated against the pass system. This post-war political activity culminated in the mineworkers' strike of 1920, ‘an event of major significance. Of a total of…
The image of the book in Xhosa oral poetry
What's in a poem? The Philip Balkwill memorial lecture delivered at charterhouse, Godalming, 28 April 2000
Xhosa Poets and Poetry
Xhosa oral poetry has defied the threats to its integrity over two centuries, to take its place in a free South Africa. This volume establishes the background to this poetic re-emergence, preserving and transmitting the voice of the Xhosa poet
The Powers of Genre
This study is an attempt to "operationalize genre as an interpretive instrument" (p. 224). It offers the results of a journey of discovery for Peter Seitel as a collector and editor of Haya heroic ballads from Tanzania. In an effort to understand the material better, Seitel noticed connections with the Haya folktales he had already collected and edited under the title See So That We May See (Indiana University Press, 1980). One insight led to ano…
The Powers of Genre
Book Review| January 01 2003 The Powers of Genre: Interpreting Haya Oral Literature The Powers of Genre: Interpreting Haya Oral Literature, Peter Seitel. Jeff Opland Jeff Opland Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2003) 116 (459): 122–123. https://doi.org/10.2307/4137950 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Jeff Opland; The Powers of …
First Meeting with Manisi
In 2002, Research in African Literatures carried an article on the early career of the Thembu imbongi (praise poet) D. L. P. Yali-Manisi (1926–99). The article was drawn from the introduction and chapter one of an account of my 29-year association with the poet, to be published by the University of KwaZulu-Natal Press under the title The Dassie and the Hunter: A South African Meeting. In the second chapter of the book, I depart from an academic m…
Nations's Bounty
For nearly a decade Nontsizi Mgqwetho contributed poetry to a Johannesburg newspaper, Umteteli wa Bantu, the first and only female poet to produce a substantial body of work in isiXhosa. Apart from what is revealed in these writings, very little is known about her life. She explodes on the scene with her swaggering, urgent, confrontational woman’s poetry on 23 October 1920, sends poems to the newspaper regularly throughout the three years from 19…
The First Novel in Xhosa
The first novel in the Xhosa language, USamson, written by the greatest figure in the history of Xhosa literature, S. E. K. Mqhayi (1875–1945), and published in 1907, is now lost. It was produced at a time when black people in South Africa were becoming bolder in their demand for human rights, forming independent black churches and political organizations. It appeared after a period of gestation for Xhosa literature in newspapers, at a time when …
The Xhosaimbongias trickster
In enacting his ritual of kingship, the Xhosa imbongi (praise poet) in South Africa is marked by his accoutrements and his artistic performance as separated from society; he assumes a sacred stance in a transitional position and effects the social incorporation of his audiences; he mediates between chief and subjects, serving as both upholder of the chief's status and as social critic. His liminal location invites comparison with other trickster …
Selves in Question
Wide-ranging and engaging, Selves in Question considers the various ways in which auto/biographical accounts situate and question the self in contemporary southern Africa.The twenty-seven interviews presented here consider both the ontological status and the representation of the self. They remind us that the self is constantly under construction in webs of interlocution and that its status and representation are always in question. The contribut…
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