Orality, Literacy, and Colonialism in Southern Africa (SBL Semeia Studies 46)

ORALITY, LITERACY, AND COLONIALISM IN SOUTHERN AFRICA......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 8
Jonathan A. Draper: SCRIPT, SUBJUGATION, AND SUBVERSION: AN INTRODUCTION......Page 10
PART 1: ORALITY, LITERACY, AND COLONIALISM IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 16
Jeff Opland: FIGHTING WITH THE PEN: THE APPROPRIATION OF THE PRESS BY EARLY XHOSA WRITERS......Page 18
Introduction......Page 50
Early Encounters......Page 51
Ordinary African “Readers” of the Bible......Page 58
Conclusion......Page 64
Introduction......Page 66
Introversionist Responses to Colonial Domination......Page 68
George Khambule (1882–1949)......Page 74
John’s Gospel and the Word as the Ladder between Heaven and Earth......Page 92
Conclusion......Page 97
Body, Word, and Voice as Belief in IBANDLA LAMANAZARETHA......Page 100
Voices in the Body of Isaiah Shembe, Founder of IBANDLA LAMANAZARETHA......Page 103
Mission Culture and Literacy......Page 105
The Bible: Old, New, and Nazarite Testaments......Page 106
Voicing the Word in Sermons......Page 108
The Hymn Translated: Voice and Body in Performance......Page 109
Composing IZIHLABELELO ZAMANAZARETHA......Page 110
Transcribing and Printing the Hymns......Page 112
Followers Give Meaning to the Words of the Prophet......Page 115
Belief as Voice, Word, and Body......Page 116
Conclusion......Page 117
Introduction: Christianity and Land......Page 120
Doornkop—A Model for Land Reform......Page 122
Freeholder Separatism and Independence — The BMS and Rebone Ramaube......Page 125
“We Are Scattered All Over”......Page 128
The Community and the Church Bell......Page 131
Land, Community, the NGOs, and the State......Page 134
Conclusion......Page 138
PART 2: DIMENSIONS OF ORALITY AND RESISTANCE IN MODERN SOUTH AFRICA......Page 142
Introduction......Page 144
The Evidence from the Stuart Collection......Page 145
The Izimbongi, Modernity and the Electronic Media......Page 148
Dialogue, Contestations, and Polyphony—Some Recent Examples......Page 149
Duncan Brown: “WHERE SHALL I WONDER UNDER THE THUNDER WHO’S THAT BLACK BOYS MAKING THAT BLACK NOISE STEP A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIC”: PROPHETS OF DA CITY AND URBAN (SOUTH AFRICAN) IDENTITY......Page 154
Introduction: What Colonialism?......Page 180
A Cloud of Witnesses......Page 181
Orality, Literacy and Colonialism: What Basis?......Page 183
Bible Translation in South Africa: What Priorities?......Page 187
The Potential of the Vernacular Bible......Page 192
Ashlee Lenta: LISTENING AGAIN: FINDING WAYS TO HOST THE TRC’S ORAL, AUTO/BIOGRAPHICAL SPACE......Page 198
Introduction......Page 214
A Shift of Emphasis......Page 216
Sharing Painful Memories......Page 218
The Dynamics of Memory......Page 220
Cultural Norms......Page 222
Conclusion......Page 224
Introduction......Page 226
This Is My Story . . .......Page 227
Discussion......Page 230
RESPONSE......Page 236
Personal Reminiscence in Southern Africa......Page 238
Photography and the African Urban Experience......Page 243
Widening the Debate......Page 245
African Christians, the Bible, and Orality......Page 249
Conclusion......Page 256
WORKS CONSULTED......Page 258
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 277