Author: Christian Carlassare
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789966600141
Category : Nuer (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Nuer Folktales, Proverbs and Riddles
Author: Christian Carlassare
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789966600141
Category : Nuer (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789966600141
Category : Nuer (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
African Oral Narratives, Proverbs, Riddles, Poetry, and Song
Author: Harold Scheub
Publisher: Hall Reference Books
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher: Hall Reference Books
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
And Still Plays the Abyssinian Damsel on her Dulcimer
Author: Alexander Raju
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 1631356151
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
And Still Plays the Abyssinian Damsel on Her Dulcimer is a novel based on Ethiopian history and legends. The story has thirteen chapters representing the thirteen months in the Ethiopian calendar. The narrator, a professor at an Ethiopian University, flies from Mumbai to Addis Ababa, and then to his destination. He is haunted by the Abyssinian damsel whom the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge saw in a dream and described in his poem “Kubla Khan.” The Abyssinian damsel tells the story of Ethiopia from prehistoric to modern times, revealing herself as one who visited King Solomon together with the Queen of Sheba. The Rift Valley of Ethiopia, where three-million-year-old human fossils have been discovered, is considered the birthplace of Homo sapiens. A myriad of legends like the Serpent Kings and Queen Gudit intertwine with Ethiopia’s history. Reviewing the novel, Barbara Biehler wrote, “A fine writing style and tells a great story.”
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 1631356151
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
And Still Plays the Abyssinian Damsel on Her Dulcimer is a novel based on Ethiopian history and legends. The story has thirteen chapters representing the thirteen months in the Ethiopian calendar. The narrator, a professor at an Ethiopian University, flies from Mumbai to Addis Ababa, and then to his destination. He is haunted by the Abyssinian damsel whom the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge saw in a dream and described in his poem “Kubla Khan.” The Abyssinian damsel tells the story of Ethiopia from prehistoric to modern times, revealing herself as one who visited King Solomon together with the Queen of Sheba. The Rift Valley of Ethiopia, where three-million-year-old human fossils have been discovered, is considered the birthplace of Homo sapiens. A myriad of legends like the Serpent Kings and Queen Gudit intertwine with Ethiopia’s history. Reviewing the novel, Barbara Biehler wrote, “A fine writing style and tells a great story.”
Oral Literature in Africa
Author: Ruth Finnegan
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1906924708
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1906924708
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.
Bibliography of African Oral Narratives
Author: Harold Scheub
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Namibia: 43 notations in the ethnic index.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Namibia: 43 notations in the ethnic index.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife: Topics and themes; Africa, Australia and Oceania
Author: William M. Clements
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Designed for students and general readers, this massive encyclopedia authoritatively reviews the folklore and folkways of cultures from around the world.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Designed for students and general readers, this massive encyclopedia authoritatively reviews the folklore and folkways of cultures from around the world.
Sudan
Author: M. W. Daly
Publisher: Oxford, England : Clio Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher: Oxford, England : Clio Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Revolution in Rwanda
Author: Catharine Newbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hutu (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hutu (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife: Southeast Asia and India, Central and East Asia, Middle East
Author: William M. Clements
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Designed for students and general readers, this massive encyclopedia authoritatively reviews the folklore and folkways of cultures from around the world.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Designed for students and general readers, this massive encyclopedia authoritatively reviews the folklore and folkways of cultures from around the world.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife: North and South America
Author: William M. Clements
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Designed for students and general readers, this massive encyclopedia authoritatively reviews the folklore and folkways of cultures from around the world.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Designed for students and general readers, this massive encyclopedia authoritatively reviews the folklore and folkways of cultures from around the world.