Moffat Sebola
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4052073 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Moffat Sebola |
| PRENOMES | Moffat |
| SOBRENOME | Sebola |
| ASSINATURA | SEBOLA M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Limpopo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0903-283X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2017 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Breaking the Seal
This article analyses two poems that thematise Murundu and Domba, initiation rites for boys and girls in Tshivenḓa culture. Despite these rites being imperatively central to Vhavenḓa, they remain strictly bound to secrecy, silence, and mystery, resulting in their minimal documentation. However, Ralson Ramudzuli Matshili’s two poems on Murundu and Domba enlighten the reader on how the rituals operate. Guided by semiotic theory and thematic analysi…
Making the foreign familiar
This article describes the process of loanword adaptation in Tshivenḓa. The description foregrounds the factors that are often assumed to play a role in the alterations that adopted and adapted words in Tshivenḓa undergo. Conceptual in approach, the article analyses examples of loanwords in Tshivenḓa by means of a canonical approach where the loanwords are classified according to whether they conform to various canonical patterns, and if not, acc…
Tirišo ya Johane 3 le Samuele wa 1 kgaolo ya 17 kanegelong ya O.K. Matsepe, Kgorong ya Mošate
The application of John 3 and 1 Samuel 17 in O.K. Matsepe’s narrative, Kgorong ya Mošate. In addition to the Bible often being an inspiration for peace advocacy among nations, it is also a notable reference for many literary authors. For instance, the first part of John 3 records Jesus Christ’s conversation with Nicodemus about human rebirth as a prerequisite for entrance into the Kingdom of God, with Jesus being the ultimate agent through whom t…
Modern personal naming practices among Vhavenḓa from South Africa
Modern personal naming symbolises social change in most African communities, including the Vhavenḓa of South Africa. Among Vhavenḓa, elders and grandparents in the family were solely responsible for personal name-giving. However, currently, grandparents no longer name newborns in Tshivenḓa culture. This study investigates the practice of personal naming among modern Vhavenḓa in South Africa guided by the autoethnographic approach. Social Change T…
Ditumelo tša majammogo dingwalong
Le ge bontši bja batho bo bona tumelo bjalo ka searoganyi sa ditšhaba, Oliver Kgadime Matsepe yena o e bona bjalo ka sefala se bohlokwa seo ka sona setšhaba se ka phedišanago ka khutšo. Go ya ka Matsepe, ditumelo di nepiša fela kwano. Ditumelo di ka ba bagwera bao ba sepedišanago tsela ye tee. Matsepe o bonagatša bohlokwa bja kwano ya tumelo ya setšo sa Seaforika le ya Sekeresete mo go padisetšo ya gagwe ya boraro, Lešitaphiri. Mo sengwalong se, …
Alienation in Ntshavheni Alfred Milubi’s poetry
In this article, I analyse the thematization of alienation in the poetry of the Muvenḓa poet, playwright, and scholar Ntshavheni Alfred Milubi. Milubi ascribes people’s abandonment of moral values to their perpetual frustrations, herein described as alienation. Reference is made to the crumbling African traditional institutions, which, in the past, seemingly functioned as havens for the rehabilitation of alienated individuals in African communiti…
Indices into Vhavenḓa’s onomastic and anthroponomical ingenuity in Tendamudzimu Robert Ratshiṱanga’s selected poetry
Sense in the nonsense
U kumela (paying homage to the royal leader) is a widely accepted practice in Tshivenḓa culture. U kumela not only serves as an aspect of praise to royal leadership but also functions as an addressive device. Zwikumelo (‘referential praises’) often have no definite or rigid pattern and are uncensored. As such, the praise singer may start the way he or she wishes and utter whatever he or she likes. Hence, praise singers often utter somewhat humoro…
Female Images and Voices in Kanakana Yvonne Ladzani’s Selected Poetry
This paper reflects on Kanakana Yvonne Ladzani’s use of poetry to vanguard women’s images and voices. The paper further considers how, apart from articulating the significance of her role as a poet, Ladzani also comments authoritatively on how women are perceived in society. The paper employed the qualitative approach and purposively selected five poems from Ladzani’s three poetry anthologies. Undergirded by the theory of feminism, the analysis a…
Prophets without honour at home
This article is a personal reflection on how serving as a lecturer of an African language at a multi-lingual South African university has been like thus far for the author. In its narrative and perhaps even autobiographical mode, the article further encapsulates the author’s formative influences towards pursuing, studying, teaching and writing in an African language (Tshivenḓa) within an academic sphere of South Africa. Furthermore, the article f…
The Mapungubwe Story and Land Claims - The Battle for the Soul of the Dead, Greed, and Deception
Anthropos , Seite 596 - 601
Modern personal naming practices among Vhavenḓa from South Africa
Modern personal naming symbolises social change in most African communities, including the Vhavenḓa of South Africa. Among Vhavenḓa, elders and grandparents in the family were solely responsible for personal name-giving. However, currently, grandparents no longer name newborns in Tshivenḓa culture. This study investigates the practice of personal naming among modern Vhavenḓa in South Africa guided by the autoethnographic approach. Social Change T…
The Mapungubwe Story and Land Claims - The Battle for the Soul of the Dead, Greed, and Deception
Anthropos , Seite 596 - 601
Prophets without honour at home
This article is a personal reflection on how serving as a lecturer of an African language at a multi-lingual South African university has been like thus far for the author. In its narrative and perhaps even autobiographical mode, the article further encapsulates the author’s formative influences towards pursuing, studying, teaching and writing in an African language (Tshivenḓa) within an academic sphere of South Africa. Furthermore, the article f…
Sense in the nonsense
U kumela (paying homage to the royal leader) is a widely accepted practice in Tshivenḓa culture. U kumela not only serves as an aspect of praise to royal leadership but also functions as an addressive device. Zwikumelo (‘referential praises’) often have no definite or rigid pattern and are uncensored. As such, the praise singer may start the way he or she wishes and utter whatever he or she likes. Hence, praise singers often utter somewhat humoro…
Female Images and Voices in Kanakana Yvonne Ladzani’s Selected Poetry
This paper reflects on Kanakana Yvonne Ladzani’s use of poetry to vanguard women’s images and voices. The paper further considers how, apart from articulating the significance of her role as a poet, Ladzani also comments authoritatively on how women are perceived in society. The paper employed the qualitative approach and purposively selected five poems from Ladzani’s three poetry anthologies. Undergirded by the theory of feminism, the analysis a…
Indices into Vhavenḓa’s onomastic and anthroponomical ingenuity in Tendamudzimu Robert Ratshiṱanga’s selected poetry
Alienation in Ntshavheni Alfred Milubi’s poetry
In this article, I analyse the thematization of alienation in the poetry of the Muvenḓa poet, playwright, and scholar Ntshavheni Alfred Milubi. Milubi ascribes people’s abandonment of moral values to their perpetual frustrations, herein described as alienation. Reference is made to the crumbling African traditional institutions, which, in the past, seemingly functioned as havens for the rehabilitation of alienated individuals in African communiti…
Ditumelo tša majammogo dingwalong
Le ge bontši bja batho bo bona tumelo bjalo ka searoganyi sa ditšhaba, Oliver Kgadime Matsepe yena o e bona bjalo ka sefala se bohlokwa seo ka sona setšhaba se ka phedišanago ka khutšo. Go ya ka Matsepe, ditumelo di nepiša fela kwano. Ditumelo di ka ba bagwera bao ba sepedišanago tsela ye tee. Matsepe o bonagatša bohlokwa bja kwano ya tumelo ya setšo sa Seaforika le ya Sekeresete mo go padisetšo ya gagwe ya boraro, Lešitaphiri. Mo sengwalong se, …
Making the foreign familiar
This article describes the process of loanword adaptation in Tshivenḓa. The description foregrounds the factors that are often assumed to play a role in the alterations that adopted and adapted words in Tshivenḓa undergo. Conceptual in approach, the article analyses examples of loanwords in Tshivenḓa by means of a canonical approach where the loanwords are classified according to whether they conform to various canonical patterns, and if not, acc…
Tirišo ya Johane 3 le Samuele wa 1 kgaolo ya 17 kanegelong ya O.K. Matsepe, Kgorong ya Mošate
The application of John 3 and 1 Samuel 17 in O.K. Matsepe’s narrative, Kgorong ya Mošate. In addition to the Bible often being an inspiration for peace advocacy among nations, it is also a notable reference for many literary authors. For instance, the first part of John 3 records Jesus Christ’s conversation with Nicodemus about human rebirth as a prerequisite for entrance into the Kingdom of God, with Jesus being the ultimate agent through whom t…
Modern personal naming practices among Vhavenḓa from South Africa
Modern personal naming symbolises social change in most African communities, including the Vhavenḓa of South Africa. Among Vhavenḓa, elders and grandparents in the family were solely responsible for personal name-giving. However, currently, grandparents no longer name newborns in Tshivenḓa culture. This study investigates the practice of personal naming among modern Vhavenḓa in South Africa guided by the autoethnographic approach. Social Change T…
Breaking the Seal
This article analyses two poems that thematise Murundu and Domba, initiation rites for boys and girls in Tshivenḓa culture. Despite these rites being imperatively central to Vhavenḓa, they remain strictly bound to secrecy, silence, and mystery, resulting in their minimal documentation. However, Ralson Ramudzuli Matshili’s two poems on Murundu and Domba enlighten the reader on how the rituals operate. Guided by semiotic theory and thematic analysi…
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