Browsing Linguistics by Author "Krog, Antjie"
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“The Gwarrie Call that they Recognise”: An analysis of the translated Sesotho poem “Ntwa ea Jeremane 1914” (War against Germany 1914) by BM Khaketla (1913–2001)
Krog, Antjie (Taylor and Francis, 2021)This essay looks at a recently translated poem, “Ntwa ea Jeremane 1914”, written by BM Khaketla, as a lens through which to approach the feelings and attitudes of people from Lesotho towards the world wars. A poem is ... -
‘… Oi, oi! … you must go by the right path’: Mofolo’s Chaka revisited via the original text
Krog, Antjie (University of Pretoria, 2016)Thomas Mofolo never defended himself against accusations that his novel Chaka distorts historical facts to express anti-Nguni sentiments under the guise of Christianity. But in a way he foreshadowed the possibility of it, ...