Orality, Literacy, and Colonialism in Southern Africa (Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies)

Orality, Literacy, and Colonialism in Southern Africa (Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies)

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Book Description
Literacy is essentially about the control of information, memory, and belief, and with colonialism in Southern Africa came the Bible and text-based literacy monitored by missionaries and colonial authorities. Old and new oral traditions, however, are beyond the control of empire and often carry the resistance, hopes, and dreams of colonized people. The essays in this volume recover aspects of Southern Africa's rich oral tradition. The authors, from disciplines such as anthropology, African literature, and biblical studies, delineate some of the contours of the indigenous knowledge systems which sustained resistance to colonialism and today provide resources for postapartheid society in Southern Africa.

About the Author
Jonathan A. Draper, Ph.D. in New Testament (1984), Cambridge University, is Professor of New Testament in the School of Theology, University of Natal, South Africa.

Orality, Literacy, and Colonialism in Southern Africa (Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies),Jonathan A. Draper,Brill Academic Publishers,9004130861,Africa, Southern,Architecture,Bible - General,History,Interior Design - General,Language,Language Arts & Disciplines,Literacy,Oral communication,Written communication

Book Contents:

1. Origins and Evolution of the Moses Nativity Story (Numen Book Series)
2. Origins: The Ancient Near Eastern Background of Some Modern Western Institutions (Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East, V. 6)
3. Paralysin Cave: Impotence, Perception, and Text in the Satyrica of Petronius (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)
4. Popular Religious Movements and Heterodox Sects in Chinese History (China Studies, 3)
5. Practical Home Paint Effects (Practical Handbooks (Lorenz))
6. Prolegomena: Questions to Be Settled Before the Study of an Author or a Text (Philosophia Antiqua)
7. Prophet Und Konig Im Nordreich Israel: Studien Zur Sogenannten Vorklassischen Prophetie Im Nordreich Israel Anhand Der Samuel-, Elija- Und Elischa-Uerlieferungen (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)
8. Quiet Places : How to Create Peaceful Havens in Your Home, Garden, and Workplace
9. Rgvedic Society (Brill's Indological Library, Vol 2)
10. Roman Marble Quarries in Southern Euboea: And the Associated Road Systems (Monumenta Graeca Et Romana)

Book Contents

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