The narrative account of personal experience in Northern Sotho

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is a narration of personal experiences of the Northern Sotho people and theirway of doing their activities. The Northern Sotho people and their ways of doing thingshave been characterized by a proliferation of different ways of living governance. Thisliving governance is by people who are a distance from the Northern Sotho way of livingthat has been influenced by day to day changes of technology and the style of living,whereby people can do anything to can fit in the current lifestyle.The problem experienced in relation to accounts is how accounts impact on us and visaversa. The Northern Sotho narration dates back from the pre-colonial, colonial andapartheid era. These linear stages of governance have had an influence in thetransformation of the Northern Sotho. This transformation has seen a delusion of theoriginal Northern Sotho discourses.A mixture of different cultures in the process of transformation has also characterized this,where the Northern Sotho people have adopted other tribes' norms and values; in theprocess losing their own original identity. Other tribes have also lost their original ways ofdoing things by absorbing Northern Sotho norms and values.The findings of research will determine how difficult it is to transform original cultures to themost dominant culture of today, which is more westernized. People will analyze thefindings influential in doing self-introspection, which will assist in determining oneself.The recommendation that could be given would be that one need to look back at theimportance of cultural values from where he or she comes and to make it fit into today'slife as this will prevent uncertainties and assist in building the current and next generation'sfuture.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University