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Orality, Literacy, and Colonialism in Southern Africa (Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies) by Jonathan A Draper; Society of Biblical Literature is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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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 liter
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- Author
- Jonathan A Draper; Society of Biblical Literature
- Publisher
- Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781589831179
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Sociology, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-16
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