Theory of ethnicity and its utility in understanding the basis of cultural homogeneity of African societies: the case of Sotho groups

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Thato Mabolaeng Monyakane
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The Basotho, Batswana and Bapedi are found in many parts of southern Africa and appear as dissimilar groups that do not have a common heritage or any shared links. The Batswana are from the North West province in South Africa and Botswana; the Bapedi from the Northern provinces of South Africa and the Basotho from Lesotho and the Free State province of South Africa. However, they are classified as belonging to one Sotho group in the literature of heritage studies. Matšela and Moletsane declare that the Sotho people are related, indicating similar cultural roots and origin. The central focus of this article is to analyse the abovementioned scholars’ view in explaining the Sotho. They allude to the extensive writings of Gellner and Smith about the similarity of a people. The purpose of the study is to place Gellner and Smith’s theories as central in African languages. Although these theories originate in international relations, their argument is that oral literature (stories, proverbs, songs) seeks to indicate a common heritage across groups of people. The study seeks to expand the potential of Matšela and Moletsane’s views in explaining similar people in African languages.
种族理论及其在理解非洲社会文化同质性基础上的效用:以索托群体为例
巴索托人、巴特瓦纳人和巴佩迪人分布在南部非洲的许多地区,看起来是不同的群体,没有共同的遗产或任何共同的联系。蝙蝠瓦纳人来自南非西北部省份和博茨瓦纳;来自南非北部省份的巴佩迪人和来自莱索托和南非自由邦省的巴索托人。然而,在遗产研究文献中,它们被归类为一个索托群体。Matšela和Moletsane宣称索托人有亲缘关系,表明了相似的文化根源和起源。本文的重点是分析上述学者对索托的解释。他们提到了盖尔纳和史密斯关于一个民族相似性的大量著作。本研究的目的是将盖尔纳和史密斯的理论置于非洲语言的中心。尽管这些理论起源于国际关系,但他们的论点是,口头文学(故事、谚语、歌曲)试图表明不同群体的共同遗产。这项研究试图扩大Matšela和Moletsane的观点在用非洲语言解释类似人群方面的潜力。
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期刊介绍: The South African Journal of African Languages is a peer-reviewed research journal devoted to the advancement of African (Bantu) and Khoi-San languages and literatures. Papers, book reviews and polemic contributions of a scientific nature in any of the core areas of linguistics, both theoretical (e.g. syntax, phonology, semantics) and applied (e.g. sociolinguistic topics, language teaching, language policy), and literature, based on original research in the context of the African languages, are welcome. The journal is the official mouthpiece of the African Language Association of Southern Africa (ALASA), established in 1979.
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