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Some Chewa Folk Stories from Central Malawi
Timpunza Mvula, Enoch S
1978
M.A. dissertation which discusses a methodological approach to the study of Chewa traditional narratives, drawing on fieldwork carried out in the Central Region of Malawi between August 1975 and Septe...
Maori Folk Literature 1
Dewes, Koro
1974
This file contains photocopies of two typed papers by Koro Dewes, being 'Maori Literature: A Tentative Framework for Study' ( Victoria University of Wellington, Department of Anthropology and Maori), ...
Salient Features of the Yoruba Oral Tale
Olayemi, Rufus V K
1971
M.A. dissertation on the oral tales told by the Yoruba people of south-west Nigeria. Section One contains chapters on the Yoruba people, the oral tale in Yorubaland, the structure and types of tale to...
Sound Recordings, Nigeria
Olayemi, Rufus V K
[1960s]
Adult male and child informants, recorded in Nigeria, singing/chanting Nigerian folk tales, with listeners'/audience responses and participation. Tales told in the Egba, Odeda, Egbado, Anago and Awori...
Sound Recordings, Nigeria
Olayemi, Rufus V K
[1960s]
Adult and child informants, recorded in Nigeria, singing/chanting Nigerian folk tales, with listeners'/audience responses and participation. Includes also narration and chants, with listeners' respons...
Sound Recordings, Nigeria
Olayemi, Rufus V K
[1960s]
Adult male informants, recorded in Nigeria, singing/chanting Nigerian folk tales, with listeners'/audience responses and participation. Tales related in Ekiti, an Ado sub-dialect.
Sound Recordings, Nigeria
Olayemi, Rufus V K
[1960s]
Adult and child informants, recorded in Nigeria, singing/chanting Nigerian folk tales, with listeners'/audience responses and participation. Children possibly recorded at a school. Tales related in Eg...
Sound Recording, Malawi
Timpunza Mvula, Enoch S
6 September 1975
A. F. Mbulma, recorded in Ntcheu, relates three Chewa traditional narratives; unidentified male storyteller relates fourth narrative. The first three tales are entitled 'The Thunderbolt', 'The Two Bro...
Ibibio Folktale Night: An Introduction to Ibibio Oral Literature
Ikiddeh, Ime
1966
M.A. thesis presenting a general survey of the oral form of Ibibio folktales ( Nigeria), and a study of sample prose and verse tales known by the collector and seen in the context of a single night's ...
Folk Tales in Edo as a Reflection of Culture
Emovon, Joshua A
1976
M.A. dissertation comprising an Introduction, five chapters and sample texts of Edo folktales. The Introduction discusses the name Edo (referring to the people who inhabit Benin City, Benin East and B...
"The T. W. Thompson Collection of Gypsy Folk Tales: An Edition with Commentary and Analytical Indexes"
Clinch, Angela Jane
1982
Ph.D. thesis consisting of Thomas William Thompson's folktales collected from English Gypsy Traveller communities between 1908 and 1924. The tales have been classified and arranged according to the Aa...
Folktales: Miscellaneous 2
[1970-1973]
This file contains items relating to folklore and folktale, including folktales from Sub-Saharan Africa. This includes a photocopy of an ms. paper by Lindi Shembi Williams of the University of Botswan...