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African Folklore

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African Folklore

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African Folklore book

An Encyclopedia

African Folklore

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African Folklore book

An Encyclopedia
Edited ByPhilip M. Peek, Kwesi Yankah
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2003
eBook Published 8 December 2003
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203493144
Pages 632
eBook ISBN 9780203493144
Subjects Reference & Information Science
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Peek, P.M., & Yankah, K. (Eds.). (2004). African Folklore: An Encyclopedia (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203493144

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First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |38 pages

ARCHITECTURE

chapter |1 pages

BENIN (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BENIN)

chapter |13 pages

BIRTH AND DEATH RITUALS AMONG THE GIKUYU

chapter |11 pages

BOARD GAMES

chapter |4 pages

BODY ARTS: HAIR SCULPTURE

chapter |1 pages

BRAZIL

chapter |1 pages

BURUNDI

chapter |4 pages

CALL-AND-RESPONSE

chapter |29 pages

CARDINAL DIRECTIONS

chapter |4 pages

CERAMICS

chapter |2 pages

CERAMICS AND GENDER

chapter |6 pages

CHAD (REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD)

chapter |8 pages

CHILDREN’S FOLKLORE: KUNDA SONGS

chapter |5 pages

COLOR SYMBOLISM: THE AKAN OF GHANA

chapter |4 pages

CONCERT PARTIES

chapter |2 pages

CONTEMPORARY BARDS: HAUSA VERBAL ARTISTS

chapter |13 pages

COSMOLOGY

chapter |12 pages

DECORATED VEHICLES (FOCUS ON WESTERN NIGERIA)

chapter |12 pages

DIASPORA: AFRICAN COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES

chapter |28 pages

DINKA

chapter |28 pages

EDUCATION: FOLKLORE IN SCHOOLS

chapter |11 pages

ETHIOPIA (PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA)

chapter |27 pages

FILMS ON AFRICAN FOLKLORE

chapter |6 pages

FRENCH STUDY OF AFRICAN FOLKLORE

chapter |1 pages

FROBENIUS, LEO VIKTOR (1873–1938)

chapter |2 pages

FULANI

chapter |17 pages

GAMBIA, THE (REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA)

chapter |21 pages

GHANA (REPUBLIC OF GHANA)

chapter |6 pages

GRIAULE, MARCEL (1898–1956)

chapter |5 pages

GUINEA-BISSAU (REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU)

chapter |10 pages

HERO IN SUKUMA PROSE NARRATIVES

chapter |3 pages

HISTORY

chapter |9 pages

HISTORY AND RELIGIOUS RITUALS: BEMBA TRADITIONS

chapter |11 pages

IBIBIO

chapter |12 pages

INSTITUTIONAL STUDY OF AFRICAN FOLKLORE

chapter |11 pages

ISLAMIC BROTHERHOODS: BAYE FALL AND YENGU, A MOURIDE SPIRITUALITY

chapter |14 pages

JOKES AND HUMOR

chapter |10 pages

LANGUAGES

chapter |20 pages

LEGA

chapter |1 pages

LIBYA

chapter |3 pages

LINGUISTICS AND AFRICAN VERBAL ARTS

chapter |21 pages

LUGBARA

chapter |25 pages

MALAGASY

chapter |6 pages

MASQUERADING BY WOMEN: EJAGHAM

chapter |15 pages

MAURITIUS (REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS)

chapter |5 pages

METALLURGY AND FOLKLORE

chapter |1 pages

MOZAMBIQUE (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE)

chapter |14 pages

MUSIC IN AFRICA: OVERVIEW

chapter |26 pages

MUSIC: ATALAKU OF CONGO (ZAIRE)

chapter |22 pages

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: FOCUS ON NAMIBIA

chapter |2 pages

NAMING CUSTOMS IN AFRICA

chapter |3 pages

NAMING CUSTOMS, EAST AFRICA

chapter |6 pages

NARRATION AND VERBAL DISCOURSE: THE LUGBARA OF UGANDA

chapter |35 pages

NORTH AFRICAN (WESTERN SECTION) FOLKLORE

chapter |39 pages

ORAL LITERATURE: ISSUES OF DEFINITION AND TERMINOLOGY

chapter |9 pages

OYO TUNJI: A YORUBA COMMUNITY IN THE USA

chapter |20 pages

PERFORMANCE STUDIES AND AFRICAN FOLKLORE RESEARCH

chapter |12 pages

PERFORMING ARTS OF UGANDA

chapter |17 pages

POLYRHYTHM

chapter |21 pages

PRAISE POETRY: SOUTHERN AFRICAN PRAISE POETRY

chapter |36 pages

PROSE NARRATIVES: THE MAASAI

chapter |10 pages

RASTAFARI: A MARGINALIZED PEOPLE

chapter |10 pages

RELIGIONS: AFRO-BRAZILIAN RELIGIONS

chapter |23 pages

RIDDLES: SESOTHO RIDDLES

chapter |5 pages

SECRECY IN AFRICAN ORATURE

chapter |21 pages

SEYCHELLES

chapter |11 pages

SOUTH AFRICA, ORAL TRADITIONS

chapter |65 pages

SOUTHERN AFRICAN ORAL TRADITIONS

chapter |12 pages

TEXTILES: AFRICAN AMERICAN QUILTS, TEXTILES, AND CLOTH CHARMS

chapter |21 pages

THEATER: AFRICAN POPULAR THEATER

chapter |12 pages

TOURISM AND TOURIST ARTS

chapter |3 pages

TRICKSTERS: ESHU, THE YORUBA TRICKSTER

chapter |16 pages

TUNISIA

chapter |36 pages

VERBAL ARTS: AFRICAN AMERICAN

chapter |4 pages

WEST AFRICAN FOLKLORE: OVERVIEW

chapter |1 pages

WESTERN SAHARA

chapter |8 pages

WITCHCRAFT, MAGIC, AND SORCERY

chapter |4 pages

WOMEN’S EXPRESSIVE CULTURE IN AFRICA

chapter |9 pages

WOMEN’S FOLKLORE: ERITREA

chapter |15 pages

WORDS AND THE DOGON

chapter |5 pages

ZAR: SPIRIT POSSESSION IN THE SUDAN

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