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Shembe hymns

Composed by Isaiah and Galilee Shembe between 1910 and 1940, IziHlabelelo zamaNazaretha--Shembe Hymns--is one of the earliest known books in the isiZulu language. Drawing on the poetic traditions of Izibongo, or Praises, as well as the Biblical Psalms and local renditions of African American Spirituals, these texts speak to conditions of oppression and suffering, but also to the will to joy and hopefulness in such moments

Print Book, English, 2010
University of KawZulu-Natal Press, Scotsville, South Africa, 2010