Author: Paul Kipchumba
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781973160069
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
A comprehensive and innovative collection of African oral traditions from among the Marakwet of Kenya
Oral Literature of the Marakwet of Kenya
Oral Literature of the Maasai
Author: Kipuri, Naomi
Publisher: East African Educational Publishers
ISBN: 9966461736
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Oral Literature of the Maasai offers an extensive collection of types of oral literature: oral narratives; proverbs; riddles; and a variety of songs for different occasions. The versions in this book were collected by the author from a specific Maasai community in Kajiado County of Kenya. The author listened to many of the narratives and participated in many proverb and riddle telling sessions as she grew up in her Ilbissil village of Kajiado Central Sub-county. However, she recorded most of the examples of oral literature in the early seventies with the help of her mother, who performed the role of the oral artist. Many songs were recorded from live performances. The examples ring with individuality, while also revealing a comprehensive way of life of a people. The images in the literature reveal the concrete life of the Maasai – people living closely with their livestock and engaged in constant struggle with the environment. But like all important literature, the materials here ultimately reveal a people with its moral and spiritual concerns, grappling with questions of human values and relations, struggling for a better social order. This book recommends itself to the general reader. However, the book is more than this: it includes stimulating discussions of examples, as well as review questions and exercises. The book is highly recommended to students of oral literature at secondary school level and at the university.
Publisher: East African Educational Publishers
ISBN: 9966461736
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Oral Literature of the Maasai offers an extensive collection of types of oral literature: oral narratives; proverbs; riddles; and a variety of songs for different occasions. The versions in this book were collected by the author from a specific Maasai community in Kajiado County of Kenya. The author listened to many of the narratives and participated in many proverb and riddle telling sessions as she grew up in her Ilbissil village of Kajiado Central Sub-county. However, she recorded most of the examples of oral literature in the early seventies with the help of her mother, who performed the role of the oral artist. Many songs were recorded from live performances. The examples ring with individuality, while also revealing a comprehensive way of life of a people. The images in the literature reveal the concrete life of the Maasai – people living closely with their livestock and engaged in constant struggle with the environment. But like all important literature, the materials here ultimately reveal a people with its moral and spiritual concerns, grappling with questions of human values and relations, struggling for a better social order. This book recommends itself to the general reader. However, the book is more than this: it includes stimulating discussions of examples, as well as review questions and exercises. The book is highly recommended to students of oral literature at secondary school level and at the university.
The Marakwet of Kenya
Oral Literature of the Kalenjin
Author: Ciarunji Chesaina
Publisher: East African Publishers
ISBN: 9789966468918
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher: East African Publishers
ISBN: 9789966468918
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Kenyan Oral Narratives
Author: Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira
Publisher: East African Publishers
ISBN: 9789966462305
Category : Folk literature, Kenyan
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher: East African Publishers
ISBN: 9789966462305
Category : Folk literature, Kenyan
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The Marakwet of Kenya
Author: B. E. Kipkorir
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marakwet (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marakwet (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Teaching Kiswahili Oral Literature in Kenya
Author: Eunice Suter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783659273841
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783659273841
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Marakwet of Kenya
Author: B. E. Kipkorir
Publisher: East African Publishers
ISBN: 9789966255327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Marakwet of Kenya is a study of a sub-group of the greater Kalenjin community, the majority of whom live in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It is an excellent introduction to the study of an African community in transition, both from its belief systems and in its broad structure and organisation. This work is invaluable to any student of comparative studies; whether in sociology, anthropology, economics or history.
Publisher: East African Publishers
ISBN: 9789966255327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Marakwet of Kenya is a study of a sub-group of the greater Kalenjin community, the majority of whom live in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It is an excellent introduction to the study of an African community in transition, both from its belief systems and in its broad structure and organisation. This work is invaluable to any student of comparative studies; whether in sociology, anthropology, economics or history.
The Marakwet of Kenya
Kenyan oral literature
Author: Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature, African
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature, African
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description