African Folklore
African Folklore

Author: Philip M. Peek

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-03-01

Total Pages: 1509

ISBN-13: 1135948720

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Written by an international team of experts, this is the first work of its kind to offer comprehensive coverage of folklore throughout the African continent. Over 300 entries provide in-depth examinations of individual African countries, ethnic groups, religious practices, artistic genres, and numerous other concepts related to folklore. Featuring original field photographs, a comprehensive index, and thorough cross-references, African Folklore: An Encyclopedia is an indispensable resource for any library's folklore or African studies collection. Also includes seven maps.

Wishbone
Wishbone

Author: Laura C. Jarmon

Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9781572332737

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Jarmon (English, U. of Tennessee, Martin) studies the history and attempts to trace the origins of several prevalent themes in African American folklore, using folk tale collections from the US and Africa. The themes link subjects with symbolic content, such as tar baby with binding and transcription and the skull with presence and propriety. An introduction presents Jarmon's methodology; her thesis is that these narratives are a type of modal discourse that is symbolized by the motifs of the wishbone and crossroads which she sees as emblematic of the concept of margins and reflective of a mood of indeterminacy. ^^^^ Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

African Folktales
African Folktales

Author: Roger Abrahams

Publisher: Pantheon

Published: 2011-08-03

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0307803198

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages—from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished American folklorist Roger D. Abrahams has selected ninety-five tales that suggest both the diversity and the interconnectedness of the people who live there. The storytellers weave imaginative myths of creation and tales of epic deeds, chilling ghost stories, and ribald tales of mischief and magic in the animal and human realms. Abrahams renders these stories in a narrative voice that reverberates with the rhythms of tribal song and dance and the emotional language of universal concerns. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

African Dilemma Tales
African Dilemma Tales

Author: William Bascom

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-04-20

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 3110873532

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Atti del 9. International congress of Anthropological and ethnological sciences, Chicago 1973.

Stars and Keys
Stars and Keys

Author: Lee Haring

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2007-07-19

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 0253000009

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In Stars and Keys: Folktales and Creolization in the Southwest Indian Ocean, Lee Haring introduces readers to the rich folklore traditions of the islands of the southwest Indian Ocean. The culture of Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Réunion, and the Comoros is a unique blend of traditions that have been brought from Africa, South Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The folktales from these islands reflect the diversity of this culture and provide a rare opportunity to observe the fluidity of traditions and the process of creolization. Haring presents the tales in a uniquely innovative style: he interrupts the text as if he were reading aloud and directly addresses the reader. His words and those of the storytellers are clearly distinguished, making this folktale collection useful to a wide range of readers and scholars.

African Textualities
African Textualities

Author: Bernth Lindfors

Publisher: Africa World Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780865436169

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

African literary texts can be approached in a variety of ways. They may be examined in isolation as verbal artifacts that have a unique integrity. They may be studied in relation to other texts that preceded and followed them. Or they may be seen against the backdrop of the times, traditions and circumstances that helped to shape them. In this book, all these approaches have been utilized, sometimes singly, sometimes in combination.

A Listening Wind
A Listening Wind

Author: Marcia Haag

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2016-12-01

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0803262876

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"This collection of stories from several different tribal traditions in the American Southeast includes introductory essays showing how they fit into Native American religious and philosophical systems."--Provided by publisher.