‘Looting killed’ the audience: Africanlanguage writing, performance, publishing and the audience

This article examines the role played by African-language writing, performance and publishing, including critical practice, in the demise of the indigenous audience in African-language literary practice. Using implicit materialism the argument is premised on the developments wrought by the era of Mo...

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Main Author:	T. J. Selepe
Format:	Article
Language:	Afrikaans
Published:	AOSIS 2001-06-01
Series:	Literator
Subjects:	Audience Literature African-Language Literary Practice African Languages Writing Performance Publishing Indigenous Audience Oral Literature Transition To Written Literature
Online Access:	https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/1055

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spelling	doaj-d9d318505e3f476d85687897afdbff452020-11-24T23:18:48ZafrAOSISLiterator0258-22792219-82372001-06-01223597410.4102/lit.v22i3.1055980‘Looting killed’ the audience: Africanlanguage writing, performance, publishing and the audienceT. J. Selepe0School of Languages, Potchefstroom University for CHE (Vaal Triangle Campus)This article examines the role played by African-language writing, performance and publishing, including critical practice, in the demise of the indigenous audience in African-language literary practice. Using implicit materialism the argument is premised on the developments wrought by the era of Modernism that has lead to a univocal writing of world history, and the era of Postmodernism that has ushered in the era of a multivocal writing of world history. The transition from oral literature to written literature will also be used to advance the argument about the subsequent exclusion of the indigenous African- language audience from literary practice. This exclusion is considered to have a direct bearing on the under-development of African societies. Finally, possible solutions will be sought by revisiting some of the causes that characterize the African language problem as a medium of communication and research.https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/1055AudienceLiteratureAfrican-Language Literary PracticeAfrican LanguagesWritingPerformancePublishingIndigenous AudienceOral LiteratureTransition To Written Literature
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description	This article examines the role played by African-language writing, performance and publishing, including critical practice, in the demise of the indigenous audience in African-language literary practice. Using implicit materialism the argument is premised on the developments wrought by the era of Modernism that has lead to a univocal writing of world history, and the era of Postmodernism that has ushered in the era of a multivocal writing of world history. The transition from oral literature to written literature will also be used to advance the argument about the subsequent exclusion of the indigenous African- language audience from literary practice. This exclusion is considered to have a direct bearing on the under-development of African societies. Finally, possible solutions will be sought by revisiting some of the causes that characterize the African language problem as a medium of communication and research.
topic	Audience Literature African-Language Literary Practice African Languages Writing Performance Publishing Indigenous Audience Oral Literature Transition To Written Literature
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‘Looting killed’ the audience: Africanlanguage writing, performance, publishing and the audience

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