Obe

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Obe is a drama by B.K. Taoana.

"Obe" is a name given to an animal from folklore in Southern Sotho and the play is based on a fable dealing with the belief in witchcraft, in which Seipati's mother-in-law disciplines her for disclosing her witchcraft by removing her tongue.

The original text

Published by Afrikaanse Pers Boekhandel in the 1950s. A second edition was published by Educum in 1984, ISBN 9780798008617.

Sources

SACat, a union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.

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