Trends And Tropes

E.D.M. Sibiya, also known as Dumisani Sibiy, is an award-winning novelist, short story writer and poet. Sibiya is a three times winner of the Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature for his novels Kungasa Ngifile, Ngidedele Ngife and Ngiyolibala Ngifile. Sibiya has been the recipient of several academic excellence awards as well. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Publishing Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand. Zilibele Mtumane is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of African Languages and the School of Languages at the University of Johannesburg. He holds the degree of DLitt.et Phil from the University of South Africa, specialising in African languages.

• About the EditorsAcknowledgementsEditors’ Preface1. Actions as a Means of Characterisation in E.D.M. Sibiya’s Ngiyolibala Ngifile Zilibele Mtumane and Martha Hadebe2. Translating Literature: An Alternative Tool for Teaching Foreign CultureMunzhedzi James Mafela3. Isenzasamuntu Emaqoqweni Amabili Ezinkondlo ZesiZuluZilibele Mtumane and Gcinile Beauty Thwala4. Some Forms of Repetition in N. Sibiya’s Essays in Amalangabi Zilibele Mtumane and Sizwe Zwelakhe Dlamini5. Proverbs and the Inculcation of Moral Values in the Youth: Reflections on Children’s LiteratureCynthia Daphne Danisile Ntuli6. Isakhiwo Sangaphakathi Ezinkondlweni Zika-B.W. VilakaziIsaac Mndawe and Thabani Mhlongo7. Dialogue as a Device of Characterisation in D.B.Z. Ntuli’s Short Stories in Uthingo Lwenkosazana Zilibele Mtumane and Augasten Muziwandile Sithole8. Abalingiswa, Isakhiwo Nesizinda Njengamasu Okuxoxa Indaba Emculweni KamaskandiDumisani Sibiya and Lindokuhle Mkhize9. Natural Symbolism in D.B.Z. Ntuli’s Selected Short StoriesDumisani Sibiya and Sinolwazi M. Nxumalo10. The Position of Women in Selected Post-apartheid IsiZulu PlaysThemba MadingizaInconclusive ConclusionsNotes on Contributors