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Sweet raggae

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Sweet sixteens

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Tabitha

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Tabitha

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Take your time, just look around

- Ga-Rankuwa Workshop Participants, Group Composition, Dargie, Dave

Talking about love

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Teach your child

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Techniques of Xhosa music: a study based on the music of the Lumko district

- Dargie, David John

  • Authors: Dargie, David John
  • Date: 1987
  • Subjects: Xhosa (African people) -- Music , Lumko district , Eastern Cape (South Africa) , Xhosa music , Musicology , AbaThembu , Ntsikana , Songs , Musical bows , Overtone singing
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: vital:2630 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001975
  • Description: Part 1.Thesis: Chapter 1: The people of the Lumko district (the villages of Ngqoko and Sikhwankqeni) are AbaThembu, mostly of the Gcina clan cluster. Their history has caused them to be linked with (now vanished) San peoples in special ways, which have undoubtedly influenced their music. Chapter 2: The music of these people is centred around their religious and social life. This affects the way they classify their songs; and song classifications (and the way songs are used) affect their performance, in particular, the dance styles associated with the song classes. Chapter 3: A variety of musical instruments is used in the Lumko district, the most important being the musical bows. Once again, the use of these bows gives an insight into the musical influences that have affected the people historically. The ways the bows work are described, as well as ways to play them. Chapter 4: Overtone singing, not previously documented anywhere in traditional African music, is practised in certain ways by these AmaGcina. These, and other vocal techniques, are described. Chapter 5: From the terminology and the methods of conceptualisation about music in the Lumko district, it is possible to gain an insight into a truly Xhosa technical understanding of Xhosa music. Once again a historical insight is gained, because so many of the important terms are KhoiSan words. Chapter 6: A Western technological (i. e. musicological) understanding of the music is also necessary in a study of this nature. This chapter applies musicological concepts to an examination of the relationship between speech and song, of the usages in melody and scale, harmony theory, rhythm, polyphony, song form, instrumental roles and methods of performance. Chapter 7: This is the conclusion of the thesis. It sums up what has been studied: musical techniques, principles, the importance of Ntsikana 's song as a basis for musical comparisons, and the import of the historical aspects of the study - a possible glimpse of the music of the San. PART 2. MUSIC TRANSCRIPTIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS. The transcriptions of 62 songs provide the material for this study. The songs were chosen to represent all the major song classes used in the Lumko district, and to represent all the important music techniques as well. The songs are in fifteen categories. Each song is accompanied by its technical details, and sufficient commentary to make the song transcription intelligible and meaningful. Certain key songs are chosen as type-songs or other special examples, and are used as the bases for discussion on song style characteristics, principles of performance, bow adaptation, and so on. A general Introduction to Part 2 describes and accounts for the method of transcription, and also attempts to make it possible for the score reader not only to analyse, but also to perform the songs. In a further attempt to bring the transcriptions to life, a video recording of certain key songs and techniques, and audio tapes with examples taken from all the songs, accompany this study
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  • Date Issued: 1987

Tell me your name

- Monwabisi Gladstone Saban, Andrew Tracey, Mzwandile, Fatyi and Nkosinati, Tracey, Andrew T N

Tell me your name

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Thandazani

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Thandazani bantu abamnyma

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Thandazani nizom'bona

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Thandazanini eNkosini

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Thank you

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Thank you father

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Thathan'iminqamlezo

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

The acquisition of reading skills in English by coloured primary school children whose home language is Afrikaans : a developmental study conducted in a specific South African community

- Pitt, Joe Harrison

  • Authors: Pitt, Joe Harrison
  • Date: 1987
  • Subjects: Reading (Primary) -- South Africa Reading (Elementary) -- South Africa English language -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- Afrikaans speakers English language -- Study and teaching -- South Africa -- Foreign speakers
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: vital:2338 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002020
  • Description: This research studies the acquisition and development of specific reading skills in English by "Coloured" primary school children for whom English is a second language. This study involves both oral and silent reading research. Developmental trends in both modes of reading are compared with those established for reading in Afrikaans in order to ascertain whether any transfer takes place from Afrikaans to English. For analysis of data obtained from oral reading, this researcher adopted an error analysis method devised by Kenneth Goodman (1973), viz. Miscue Analysis (MA). Readers read a passage and their miscues were recorded. From the miscues this researcher established, for the different standards: the frequencies of miscues; readers' ability to associate sound and symbol; sensitivity to grammar; meaning access; and correction strategies. In the silent reading research, readers' performances in a test battery of eight sub-tests provide insights into the presence or absence of information processing skills. Readability levels (Singer and Donlan (1980), discrimination index and facility value (Heaton 1975), and Chi-Square Statistics (Roscoe 1969) determine the development of specific reading skills, viz.: utilization of textual cues; understanding cause and effect relationships and sequence; previewing and anticipation; scanning, referring and synthesizing; understanding text structure and coherence; understanding propositional development; understanding synonymy and antonimy; and understanding communicative value. Grellet (1981), Kennedy (1981), and Harri-Augstein (1982), inter alia, regard these skills as crucial to efficient text processing. Analyses of data show there are developmental patterns, but skills emerge 1 - 3 years late when compared with results obtained by Kennedy (1981 ) and develop at a retarded and erratic pace. The readers in all the standards have not mastered the skills sufficiently to process text efficiently. This research shows that Std 3 is a cut-off level where a transition takes place from lower-order to higher-order skills processing. In addition, Chi-Square Statistics show little transfer from Afrikaans to English; the skills develop independently in the two languages. Enquiry has identified various factors that influence skills deficiencies, viz.: syllabus prescriptions and problems of interpretation; teachers' understanding of the reading process and the methods employed; teacher-training progresses; materials prescribed for reading; and reading in the society. This research recommends ways in which short comings can be remedied
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  • Date Issued: 1987

The best of my life

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

The biggest city

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

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