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Coplan, David B[ellin]: |
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
Orthographic Note xxi
Chapter 1
“Hyenas Do Not Sleep Together”
The Interpretation of Basotho Migrants’ Auriture 1
Chapter 2
“The Mouth of a Commoner Is Not Listened To”
Power, Performance, and History 30
Chapter 3
“Greetings, Child of God!”
Generations of Travelers and Their Songs 65
Chapter 4
“An Initiation Secret Is Not Told at Home”
The Making of a Country Traveler 90
Chapter 5
“These Mine Compounds, I Have Long Worked Them”
Auriture and Migrants’ Labors 118
Chapter 6
“I’d Rather Die in the Whiteman’s Land”
The Traveling Women of Eloquence 150
Chapter 7
“My Heart Fights with My Understanding”
Bar Women’s Auriture and Basotho Popular Culture 178
Chapter 8
“Eloquence Is Not Stuck on Like a Feather”
Sesotho Aural Composition and Aesthetics 201
Chapter 9
“Laughter Is Greater than Death”
Migrants’ Songs and the Meaning of Sesotho 242
Appendix 1 263
Appendix 2 270
References 281
Index 293