Tsitsinkelo ya molaetša wa dikošatšhaba tša Sesotho sa Leboa

Abstract

Tše dingwe tša ditsebi tša dibolelwa di tšea dikanegelotšhaba go no ba fela ditlošabodutu, e lego taba yeo ditsebi tše dingwe di e  ganetšago. Dikošatšhaba tša Sesotho sa Leboa, bjalo ka dikanegelo tše dingwe tša bomolomo, ga di no tloša bodutu fela, le molaetša di a  o tliša baopeding le go batheeletši. Maikemišetšomagolo a taodišwana ye ke go bea nyanyeng melaetša ya dikošatšhaba tše pedi tše di  kgethilwego, go laetša gore ga go koša ye e se nago thuto. Dikošatšhaba tše pedi tša Sesotho sa Leboa di kgethilwego ka lebaka la go  tsebega le go ratwa ga tšona setšhabeng. Go šetšwe mokgwanyakišišo wa boleng morago, moo go kgethilwego bakgathatema ba bakgalabje le bakgekolo bao ba šetšego ba filwe sedulagae. Kgetho ye ya thwii e hlohleleditšwe ke tsebo ya bona ya dikošatšhaba le  maitemogelo a bona a bophelo le setšo. Se se hweditšwego ke go re ga go koša ye e se nago molaetša. Le ge dikoša di tloša bodutu, di  bopa maphelo a batho ba go fapafapana. Koša ye nngwe le ye nngwe e tliša ntlha ye e itšego ya bophelo, e ka ba e le pepeneneng goba e  khutile.

A close reading of Northern Sotho folksongs

Some folklore scholars regard African oral literature merely as a social pastime, a belief which other scholars have proved wrong.  Northern Sotho folksongs, like other folklore genres, are not merely there to pass time, they also give messages to the singers and  listeners. The main aim of this article is to reveal the two selected folksongs’ messages and to demonstrate that there is no folksong that  is without a message. To achieve this, two Northern Sotho folksongs were purposefully selected because of their popularity. The study  followed a qualititative research method, where pensioners, both men and women, were selected. What inspired this selection criterion  was their wisdom and knowledge of folksongs. Though folksongs are meant to entertain, they do give meaning and value to the lives of  the various people concerned. Each and every folksong brings about at least one important fact in life, overtly or covertly.