1 AN ANALYSIS OF THE LYRICS OF THE TOP 10 AFRICAN LANGUAGE POP SONGS ON UMHLOBO WENENE IN 2016 BY ANELE GOBODWANA (ANLGOB001) Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town 2018 Town Cape of A dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree ofUniversity Master of Arts in African Languages and Literatures Supervisors Dr. Tessa Dowling Ms Somikazi Deyi The copyright of this thesis vests in the author. No quotation from it or information derivedTown from it is to be published without full acknowledgement of the source. The thesis is to be used for private study or non- commercial research purposes Capeonly. of Published by the University of Cape Town (UCT) in terms of the non-exclusive license granted to UCT by the author. University 2 Contents COMPULSORY DECLARATION ................................................................................................ 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................... 7 ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................................................... 8 CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 9 1.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 9 1.2 Problem statement ........................................................................................................ 9 1.3 Aims of the study ........................................................................................................ 10 1.4 Hypothesis .................................................................................................................. 10 1.5 Survey of literature review ......................................................................................... 11 1.6 Survey of methodology ............................................................................................... 11 1.7 Contribution of the study ........................................................................................... 12 1.8 Chapter conclusion .......................................................................................................... 13 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW .............................................................................. 14 2.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 14 2.2 Lyrics changing as cultures undergo psychological change ............................................ 14 2.3 Lyrics in global and local settings .................................................................................... 22 2.4 Lyrics evolving over time, showing unity of purpose ...................................................... 23 2.5 Gender role in lyrics......................................................................................................... 24 2.6 Linguistic analyses of lyrics ............................................................................................. 25 2.7 The production of aesthetic difference ............................................................................ 27 2.8 Purpose of lyrics to teenagers .......................................................................................... 28 2.9 Lyrics of South African pop singers singing in Xhosa .................................................... 29 2.10 Translation and code switching in the lyrics of bilingual popular songs ...................... 31 2.11 Chapter conclusion......................................................................................................... 37 CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................... 38 3.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 38 3.2 Quantitative data collection tools .................................................................................... 38 3.3 Qualitative data collection tools ....................................................................................... 38 3.4 Ethical considerations ...................................................................................................... 39 3.5 Selection of songs............................................................................................................. 39 3.6 Background to artists ....................................................................................................... 40 3.7 Chapter conclusion .......................................................................................................... 48 3 CHAPTER FOUR: ANALYSIS.................................................................................................... 49 4.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 49 SONG 1: AMAZULU ................................................................................................................. 50 Analysis .................................................................................................................................. 51 Title ........................................................................................................................................ 51 Theme ..................................................................................................................................... 51 Language and lexicon ............................................................................................................ 52 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 52 SONG 2: INGQONDO ................................................................................................................ 53 Analysis .................................................................................................................................. 54 Title ........................................................................................................................................ 54 Theme ..................................................................................................................................... 55 Language and lexicon ............................................................................................................ 56 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 60 SONG 3: NDIKUTHANDILE ..................................................................................................... 60 Analysis .................................................................................................................................. 61 Title ........................................................................................................................................ 61 Theme ..................................................................................................................................... 61 Language and lexicon ............................................................................................................ 63 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 65 SONG 4: DONSA NKABI .......................................................................................................... 66 Analysis .................................................................................................................................. 67 Title ........................................................................................................................................ 67 Theme ..................................................................................................................................... 67 Language and lexicon ............................................................................................................ 68 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 69 SONG 5: NGIFIKE ..................................................................................................................... 69 Analysis .................................................................................................................................. 70 Title ........................................................................................................................................ 70 Theme ..................................................................................................................................... 70 Language and lexicon ............................................................................................................ 71 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 74 SONG 6: BABY PLEASE ........................................................................................................... 74 Analysis .................................................................................................................................. 75 Title .......................................................................................................................................