Kushumiselwe kwa Luambo lwa Tshivenda kha Muzika wa RAP

Abstract

Luambo lwo shanduka lwa miṅwaha na miṅwaha yo fhiraho nahone lu kha ḓi isa phanḓa na u shanduka. Muzika sa zwiṅwe zwa zwithu u khou shela mulenzhe kha tshanduko iyi. Luambo lwa Tshivenḓa lwo dzhia (adopt) kana u ṱanganedza lushaka lwa muzika u vhidzwaho u pfhi ‘Ven rap’ wa vha tshipiḓa tsha miṅwe ya mizika ya Tshivenḓa. U ṱanganedzwa ha muzika uyu wa ‘Rap’ zwi khou ḓa na masiandoitwa kha luambo na mvelele. Muṱoḓisisi o lavhelesa a vhona hu na tshanduko i kwamaho luambo, tshanduko iyo yo ṱuṱuwedza muṱoḓisisi uri a ite ṱhoḓisiso o sedza kushumiselwe kwa luambo lwa Tshivenḓa kha muzika wa ‘Ven rap’. Naho hu na ḽiambele ḽine ḽa ri u dzhia kana u ḓibadekanya na luambo lwa muṅwe muthu ndi u dzhia mvelele yawe, izwi zwi tshi khou itwa ngauri luambo lwo pfuma mvelele. Khethekanyo iyi ya muzika wa ‘Ven rap’ i ḓo thusa u bvisela khagala uri luambo lu no khou shumiswa kha muzika uyu lu ṱuṱuwedza hani luambo lwa Tshivenḓa nahone ṱhuṱhuwedzo iyi ndi yavhuḓi kana a si yavhuḓi kha luambo na. Ṱhoḓisiso iyi i ḓo shumisa mutheo wa tshivhumbeo tsha ngona ya ṱhoḓisiso ya ṱhalutshedzo (explanatory) na ngona ya ṱhoḓisiso ya khwaḽithethivi ngeno tshiko hu tsha sekondari ngauri ho sedzwa kha ḽirikisi dza nyimbo dza muzika wa ‘Ven rap’. Tshigwada tsha zwiṱoḓuluswa ndi nyimbo dza fumi dzi imbyaho nga vhanna na vhafumakadzi nahone nga luambo lwa Tshivenḓa. Maitele a u kuvhanganya data hu ḓo shumiswa nḓila ya ‘Corpus’ u kuvhanganya nyimbo dza muzika wa ‘Ven rap’. Muṱoḓisisi u ḓo shumisa ṱhumbulo ya tshipikwa u nanguludza mitaladzi ine ya vha na mafhungo a ndeme kha ḽirikisi u khunyeledza ṱhoḓisiso. Mitaladzi yo nangwaho i ḓo vha yone sambula ya ṱhoḓisiso ngeno mafhungo a tshi ḓo ṱhaṱhuvhiwa nga nḓila ya tsenguluso ya zwi re ngomu (content analysis). Thyiori na yone i ḓo shumiswa hone magumoni a ṱhoḓisiso iyi mawanwa a ḓo ṋetshedzwa khathihi na themendelo.

Language has evolved significantly over the years, and it continues to evolve. Music as a genre, is also observed as one of the significant contributors to language dynamics or language change. The Vhavenḓa have adopted Rap music to their context in the name of ‘Ven rap’. The adoption of Rap music comes with cultural and linguistic implications. Otherwise, there’s a notion that says adopting someone’s language is the adoption of their culture because language is one of the most important carriers of culture. The current researcher has observed linguistic patterns that are worth investigating, hence the relevance of this study is to investigate Tshivenḓa language usage in ‘Ven rap’ music. Through this musical genre, this study will determine how the use of language in ‘Ven rap’ music influences Tshivenḓa. However, this music can influence Tshivenḓa positively or negatively. Diffusion of Innovation Theory is adopted as the theoretical point of departure. The theory will assist when explaining how Tshivenḓa is used in ‘Ven rap’ musical genre. The study adopts an explanatory research design and qualitative methodology. The emphasis will be on segments extracted from song lyrics. The total target population of this study is 10 ‘Ven rap’ song lyrics sung by either male or female rappers. The method that will be used to collect data is the corpus collection method. The researcher will further use purposive sampling to extract discourse segments exhibiting more linguistic dynamics, as the total sample of the study. Data analysis will include the use of content analysis and theoretical tools entrenched in the theory grounding the study. Conclusions will be drawn, and recommendations will be made.