Takara-Kalabula H. Bemba Work Songs As Literary Forms: Functions and Symbolism

Lusaka: the University of Zambia, 2007. — 86 p. Такара-Калабула Х. Трудовые песни бемба как литературный жанр. Их функции и символика (на англ. и бемба яз.) The purpose of this study was to collect and discover the efficacy of Bemba work songs and how they could influence the upbringing of the younger Bemba generation. The study was intended as referred to above, to collect, interpret and analyse the literary forms used in them bringing out the functions and symbolism. The analysis was made to gauge what contributions the Bemba work songs made in the development of well-rounded Bemba youths who could be relied on to become leaders in the Bemba society.