Bongwadi bja Schwellnus le Franz: Paka ya bangwadi ba Baromiwa ba Matoitšhi

Abstract

Ge go balwa Padisho III le Padisho IV, go lemogwa gore Schwellnus o ruta babadi ka ga merero ye mebedi, e lego histori (Padisho III) le setšo (Padisho IV) tša setšhaba sa Basotho ba Leboa. Ka morero wa histori, o gatelela gore bophelo bja setšhaba se sengwe le se sengwe bo theilwe godimo ga histori ya sona. Ka lehlakoreng le lengwe o kgonthiša gape gore setšo le sona ke bohwa bja setšhaba (se sengwe le se sengwe). Ka ditiragatšo tše pedi tše, Maaberone le Modjadji, Franz o tšweletša melaetša ye mebedi ya go fapana, e lego (a) bohlokwa bja sebjalebjale (tokologo ya mosadi) (ge go balwa Maaberone), le (b) mohola wa setšo (go neša pula) (ge go balwa Modjadji). O tšweletša dikgopolo tše pedi tše mo maphelong a Balobedu le go setšhaba sa Basotho ba Leboa ka kakaretšo gore tše di amogelwe e le tše bohlokwa bophelong bja segologolo le bja lehono.

English Title: Schwellnus’s and Franz’s authorship: The period of the writings of the German missionaries

English Abstract

An analysis of two series of readers reveals a focus on two key themes: the history of the Northern Sotho people in Padisho III, and on Northern Sotho culture in Padisho IV. Schwellnus suggests that a society’s life is rooted in its history and that a society’s culture is its heritage. In Franz’s two dramas, Maaberone and Modjadji, he looks at the importance of modernity, focusing on the freedom of women and the concepts of modernity and culture relating to the lives of people in Northern Sotho society in general, and Balobedu society in particular. Both texts are important sources on traditional and modern lifestyles.