A definitive edition and analysis of the Tjakova myth of the Vakavango

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dc.contributor.authorDiaz, Herbert Ndangoen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-28T06:08:46Z
dc.date.available2015-12-28T06:08:46Z
dc.date.issued1992en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 364-375.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe field work for this thesis was never a "safe" project, but a very important one it a people's heritage (the Vakavango heritage), which includes memories of generations of migration and therefore some potentially highly informative data, was not to be lost. The project, concerned with the traditions of a people living on both sides of the Kavango river, on the border of Angola and Namibia, began when the Angolan civil war was already in full swing on the northern bank and the liberation struggle was already heating up in Namibia. The first purpose was to produce a definitive version of the most important myth cycle of the Vakavango, the myth in which Tjakova is the chief actor. The second purpose was to subject the myth to analysis as one expression of these peoples' religion. These two purposes are interactive. To decide what must be included and what excluded in a definitive version of the myth is to have already begun analysis.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDiaz, H. N. (1992). <i>A definitive edition and analysis of the Tjakova myth of the Vakavango</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15985en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDiaz, Herbert Ndango. <i>"A definitive edition and analysis of the Tjakova myth of the Vakavango."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15985en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDiaz, H. 1992. A definitive edition and analysis of the Tjakova myth of the Vakavango. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Diaz, Herbert Ndango AB - The field work for this thesis was never a "safe" project, but a very important one it a people's heritage (the Vakavango heritage), which includes memories of generations of migration and therefore some potentially highly informative data, was not to be lost. The project, concerned with the traditions of a people living on both sides of the Kavango river, on the border of Angola and Namibia, began when the Angolan civil war was already in full swing on the northern bank and the liberation struggle was already heating up in Namibia. The first purpose was to produce a definitive version of the most important myth cycle of the Vakavango, the myth in which Tjakova is the chief actor. The second purpose was to subject the myth to analysis as one expression of these peoples' religion. These two purposes are interactive. To decide what must be included and what excluded in a definitive version of the myth is to have already begun analysis. DA - 1992 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1992 T1 - A definitive edition and analysis of the Tjakova myth of the Vakavango TI - A definitive edition and analysis of the Tjakova myth of the Vakavango UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15985 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/15985
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDiaz HN. A definitive edition and analysis of the Tjakova myth of the Vakavango. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 1992 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15985en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherMythology, African - Namibiaen_ZA
dc.subject.otherMythology, African - Angolaen_ZA
dc.titleA definitive edition and analysis of the Tjakova myth of the Vakavangoen_ZA
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