| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Matatu ; 42 |
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Matatu ; 42.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Folklore and Cultural Memory: Promises and Pitfalls; Survival of the Fittest and Stories of Cannibalism; Mythical Implications in the OriginStories of the Baganda and Bagishu; The Concept of Heroism Among the Bunyoro; Traditional Leadership Wisdoms and TheirContemporary Parallels: The Madi of Uganda; Audience Perspectives on the MusicFestivals Phenomenon in Buganda; Proverbial Imagery in ContemporaryPolitical Discourse in Uganda; Riddling Among the Banyankoreand Baganda in Uganda |
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The Popular Form and Structureof Riddle Discourse in LusogaThe Potential Role of Oraturein Fighting the Spread of HIV/AIDS; ""Mudo"": The Soga 'Little Red Riding Hood'; Transplanting the Pumpkin: Folktales in NewMedia Formats for Children's Instruction; 'Heed my Voice': Children's Songin the Wake of Child Sacrifice; Afterword: Ancestral Voices Prophesying; Marketplace; Achebe's Fiction and the Changing Generation of Nigerian Women: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Leadership; Lazarus, Noah, and the Enunciation of the Resurrection Mythos in Soyinka's The Interpreters |
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The Àbikú Mystique: The Metaphor of Subversive Narrative in Buchi Emecheta's KehindeRichard Maduku's Kokoro Compound: A Postmodern Reading; The Violation of Women's Human Rights:Transformative Processes in Julie Okoh's Edewedeand Stella 'Dia Oyedepo's Brain Has No Gender; The Fatal Voyage: Colonialism as Tragedyin Steve Chimombo's Writing; ""The Religion of the Dream"": Colonial Myths and the Epistemology of Power in Alain Mabanckou's Bleu blanc rouge; Creative Writing; Born to Run; Three Poems; Reviews; Up Jumped a Jumbie; Destructive Deluge; Books Received; Notes on Contributors |
| Summary |
This is the third collection produced by members of a six-year research project, funded by the NUFU (Norwegian Programme for Development, Research, and Education), whose concern was to find, preserve, and analyse orature spoken forms of all kinds, both their unique qualities and their equivalence in importance to literature. A major focus was the ways in which forms of orature can be made relevant to the demands of rapidly developing nations faced with insistent problems (HIV/AIDS, administrative needs, shifts in social and familial structure, the changing roles of women). Both innovative and archival, the essays explore older legends and modern performances to outline their positive and dynamic contribution to a protean society. Some contributors address the ways in which traditional forms may be adapted: e.g., via new media to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic and to educate children in social and individual responsibility. Traditional narratives and children's songs can function to counter cannibalism and child sacrifice. Less dark aspects of contemporary society also receive attention. Traditional patterns of leadership are adapted to today's conditions, especially by offering women models in the form of earlier figures and their actions. Two essays analyse the use of proverbs in the speeches of political candidates and discussing traditional music festivals as celebrations of traditional kingship and rule. Others examine the nature and operation of specific forms of orature riddles and their subtle alteration according to performer and audience; concepts of heroism; stories of origin; and variants of Little Red Riding Hood. These sensitive analyses are framed by pieces from members of the research project in Norway and Uganda |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Folklore -- Uganda
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Folklore
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Uganda
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dipio, Dominica, editor
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Sillars, Stuart, editor
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| ISBN |
9789401210584 |
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9401210586 |
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