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Cracking the nonverbal code: analysing cultural artefacts of the BaTonga in Zimbabwe

Cracking the nonverbal code: analysing cultural artefacts of the BaTonga in Zimbabwe

This thesis cracks open three BaTonga artefacts, the ncelwa (smoking pipe), buntibe (orchestral drum) and Nyaminyami Walking Stick (wooden sculpture) as the key nonverbal visual codes in the visual cultural communication of BaTonga in Zimbabwe. Using artefactual ethnisemiotics, the study shows how v...

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Main Author: Saidi, Umali
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Midlands State University 2017
Subjects:
Artefacts
Artefactual ethnisemiotics,
Visual cultural communication
Deheritagisation
Cultural determinism
Nyaminyami
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11408/2899
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