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The National Afrikaans Literary Museum and Research Centre (Afrikaans: Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkundige Museum en Navorsingsentrum, NALN) is a central archive for material and information on the history, development, and scope of literature, music, and drama in the Afrikaans language.
Boeremusiek is a genre steeped in the history of Afrikaner identity and politics, but it also reflects the complex intersections of race, class, and culture in South African music. Its evolution from a hybrid form of folk music to a symbol of white Afrikaner nationalism complicates simple narratives about its origins and meanings.
Some of the best examples of Afrikaans folklore are stories recorded and written by Minnie Postma, [15] who grew up with and heard these tales told by Sotho people. Using these stories can give effect to a recommendation made by Robinson, [16] namely that the integration of culture in a language programme should be a synthesis between the learner's home culture, the target language's cultural ...
The Natya Shastra tells us not only what is to be portrayed in a drama, but how the portrayal is to be done. Drama, as Bharata Muni says, is the imitation of men and their doings (loka-vritti). As men and their doings have to be respected on the stage, so drama in Sanskrit is also known by the term rupaka, which means portrayal.{{[16]}}
There is great diversity in music from South Africa. Many black musicians who sang in Afrikaans or English during apartheid have since begun to sing in traditional African languages, and have developed unique styles called Kwaito and Amapiano. Of note is Brenda Fassie, who launched to fame with her song "Weekend Special", which was sung in English.
South African Folklore originates from an oral, historical tradition. [1] It is rooted in the region's landscape [2] with animals [3] – and the animal kingdom – playing a dominant role. [4]
Music is an integral part of communal life in Africa. [4] African music is made for both public enjoyment and public participation, and it is this social bonding over music that informed Christopher Small's idea of musicking. [5] In Africa, music is used as an avenue for social commentary and moralism.
The South African Music Encyclopedia (Suid-Afrikaanse Musiekensiklopedie, or SAME) is an encyclopedia of South(ern) African musicians and music. Its four volumes were published in 1979, [ 1 ] 1982, [ 2 ] 1984, [ 3 ] and 1986 [ 4 ] under the editorship of Afrikaans music scholar Jacques Philip Malan in both English and Afrikaans.