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Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. He is also the author of The History of the Zulu War 1859. In The Poetry of South Africa, Wilmot collects poems from various sources in the Cape Colony, Natal, and the Transvaal.
These include poems by Thomas Pringle, a Scottish writer, poet, and abolitionist, known as the Father of South African Poetry; Rev. H. H. Dugmore, an English writer and translator who was a missionary among the Xhosa; and E. B. Watermeyer who was born in South Africa and became a judge and a founding member of the Cape Legislative Assembly. Other authors include William Selwyn, A. Brodrick , C. F. Overton A. W. Cole, Stafford Cruikshanks, F. J. Ochse and H. W. Bidwell.
The poems cover a wide range of themes including the Zulu wars, African culture, faith, missionary life, travel and nature
( Larry Wilson)
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Genres for the project: Poetry/Anthologies
Keywords that describe the book: diamonds, africa, zulu, missionary, lion, Boer, gold, natal, bechuanaland, transvaal, cape colony, mankoraan
============================================ - BEFORE recording: Please check the Recording Notes: http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
Set your recording software to:
Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz - FOR POEMS WITH FEWER THAN 800 WORDS:
- DURING recording:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
At the beginning of the recording, read the abbreviated "LibriVox disclaimer":
"[poem title], by [author's name, date and place if given (found at the end of the poem, or you may need to check the Table of Contents)] read for LibriVox.org" by [your name] or some variation on that, adding date, location, your personal URL, etc., if you wish." - Then read the poem.
- END of recording
- At the end of the poem say:
"End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of The Poetry of South Africa, by Alexander Wilmot. "
- At the end of the poem say:
- DURING recording:
- FOR POEMS WITH MORE THAN 800 WORDS:
- DURING recording:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
At the beginning of the recording, use this typical "LibriVox disclaimer": "Section [number] of Poetry of South Africa. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
"[poem title], read for LibriVox.org" by [your name] or some variation on that, adding date, location, your personal URL, etc., if you wish." - Then read the poem. Include the author's name at the end if given, dates and place if given
- END of recording
- At the end of the poem say:
"End of Section [number].
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.
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- DURING recording:
- AFTER recording
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128 kbps MP3
poetryofsouthafrica_###_wilmot_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ### is the section number (e.g. poetryofsouthafrica_001_wilmot_128kb.mp3) -
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- SPECIAL NOTE: Please use this Pronunciation Guide provided for us by our DPL Kim.
Pronunciation Guide
1s Veld kost
2s Kosa / Amakosa
3s Uhlanga
4s Eland (deer)
5s Aarend and Eckhart (names)
7s Coetzee (name)
8s Lucas van Vuur
10s Slinger and Allie and Dikkop and Dougal - Any questions?
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