Safeguarding Swazi Way of Life: Swazi Culture in Swazi Oral Literature

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Author(s): Jabulani Sabelo Jarreth Pato (Examinations Council of Eswatini, Eswatini)and Remah Joyce Lubambo (University of South Africa, South Africa)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 22
Source title: Resurgence and Revalorization of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the Contemporary Society
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Tlou Maggie Masenya (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)and Monicca Thulisile Bhuda (University of Mpumalanga, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-4124-8.ch019

Keywords: Indigenous Studies / Information Science Reference / Knowledge Management / Library & Information Science

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The prime aim of this study is to give evidence that Swazi oral literature (narratives, poetry, drama, proverbs and idioms, and riddles) has been used to preserve and promote the culture of the Swazi people. Nowadays, Swazi oral literature has been written in a drive to safe-guard the culture of the people of the Swazi society. The traditional life of the emaSwati just like their oral literature has been passed through the generations orally. The study focuses mainly on Swazi oral literature that has traces of traditional life of the Swazi people. The genres of oral literature explored in this study are: prose, drama and poetry. Proverbs and idioms, and riddles with bits of Swazi culture are also discussed in this chapter. The chapter concludes by giving recommendations about other possible ways in which could be done to preserve and promote the culture of the Swazi people.

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