Izibongo is a genre of oral literature among various Bantu peoples of Southern Africa, including the Zulu and the Xhosa. It is often considered a poetry of praise, though scholars such as Jeff Opland consider the term praise too limiting, since izibongo can contain criticism as well as praise.
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Place of OriginSouthern Africa, among Bantu peoples including the Zulu and the Xhosa 1 Defining TraitPoetry rooted in the concrete, often praise but also able to contain criticism 1 Sources
1. Izibongo, Wikipedia
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Izibongo is a genre of oral literature among various Bantu peoples of Southern Africa, including the Zulu and the Xhosa.
Subject matter
izibongo 'is a poetry rooted, in subject and imagery, in the concrete.'
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