This is a book about the Tonga of Northern Malawi, sometimes called the Lakeshore Tonga to distinguish them from other ethnic groups with the same name further west in Central Africa.
Proverbs are the Wisdom and Philosophy of the Tonga People, who live on the North Western shores of Lake Malawi (the "e;Lakeside Tonga"e;), they serve as powerful vehicles to convey moral instructions to young people and may help in character building.
It Does Matter To Listen is a collection of short anecdotal pieces of writings, spanning different subject areas,including politics, leadership and management,with the purpose of counselling and edifying the present and future generations.
This book is a timely addition to debates and explorations on the epistemological relevance of African proverbs, especially with growing calls for the decolonisation of African curricula.
Words of wisdom within the African context, conjure the foundational thoughts of ancestors, thoughts which, today find themselves in the public sphere.
Given the circularity of the witchcraft complex in Africa, given its performative potential, isn,t the flood of anthropological publications on the topic counter-productive insofar as it feeds what it pretends to analyse, and even stigmatize?
This book is a timely addition to debates and explorations on the epistemological relevance of African proverbs, especially with growing calls for the decolonisation of African curricula.
Puntos de cultura: Cultura viva en movimiento es la traducción al español del libro escrito por Célio Turino sobre su experiencia en la construcción de la política cultural que mejor ha vinculado las ideas de emancipación y protagonismo social con una acción de gobierno: el programa Cultura Viva, cuyo componente principal son los Puntos de Cultura.
Hasta no hace mucho tiempo al escuchar la palabra "bruja" se nos representaba inmediatamente a una mujer de feos rasgos, desgarbada y maléfica que habitaba en oscuros bosques.
Maléficos duendes que tiñen sus gorros con la sangre de viajeros desprevenidos, viejas con senos de piedra que destrozan niños contra ellos, elefantes con siete trompas, caballos alados y serpientes emplumadas, un perro con tres cabezas que custodia la puerta de los infiernos, gigantes con un solo ojo en el medio de la frente, peces inmensos con cabeza de caballo, mulas que, en realidad, son mujeres transformadas y aves que tienen el poder de renacer de sus propias cenizas son algunas de las criaturas que componen la fauna mítica creada por la humanidad, conjunto del cual sólo pudimos dar cuenta mínimamente en este volumen, ya que, como bien decía Jorge Luis Borges en el prólogo de El libro de los seres imaginarios: "Un libro de esta índole es necesariamente incompleto; cada nueva edición es el núcleo de ediciones futuras que pueden multiplicarse hasta el infinito".
Folklore and folktales belong to the oral tradition of narrative literature Folktales includes legends, fables, fairy stories, ghost stories, stories of giant sand saints, devils and spirits, husband and wife tales, short humorous tales mostly relating to local characters As such folktales is a narrative literature, having supernatural, superstitions, high imagery, glorification and many more elements.
Our Folktales: The All-time Favourite Folktales from Asia is a collection of eight beloved children's stories from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Singapore.
La Universidad del Valle conserva en la Biblioteca Mario Carvajal una valiosa colección de Libros Antiguos, algunos incluso manuscritos, que van desde el año de 1497 al año de 1800.
Este libro describe y resena una serie de acontecimientos y relatos de tipo historico, antropologico, etnografico y folclorico que reafirma la particular cosmovision de los hombres y las mujeres de Guamal en el sur del Magdalena y en la region Caribe colombiana.
El territorio mágico del Gran Caribe es la cuna de un considerable número de escritores universales, varios de ellos premios Nobel de Literarura como Saint-Jhon Perse, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Octavio Paz, Gabriel García Máquez Derek Walcott y V.
Este proyecto de investigación, aprobado por la Vicerrectoría de Investigaciones de la Universidad del Valle sede Cali, 2018-2019, se realiza en el Caribe colombiano, en el marco de una de las celebraciones más emblemáticas del país, el Carnaval de Barranquilla, obra maestra del patrimonio oral e inmaterial de la humanidad.
El presente trabajo tiene como propósito mostrar cómo el imaginario mítico sagrado de la cultura Sinú, basado en los ecosistemas acuáticos, está presente en su arte narrativo y metalúrgico.
Social Forestry: Tending the Land as People of Place is a must-have for anyone wanting to have a reciprocating relationship with their communities, themselves, and most importantly their awe-inspiring forests and landscapes.
Since 2004, when the fraud at Ranbaxy, the largest Indian pharmaceutical company at the time first came to light, the Indian pharmaceutical industry and clinical research organizations have been rocked by a series of scandals after investigations by American and European drug regulators.
Folklore and folktales belong to the oral tradition of narrative literature Folktales includes legends, fables, fairy stories, ghost stories, stories of giant sand saints, devils and spirits, husband and wife tales, short humorous tales mostly relating to local characters As such folktales is a narrative literature, having supernatural, superstitions, high imagery, glorification and many more elements.
Folklore and folktales belong to the oral tradition of narrative literature Folktales includes legends, fables, fairy stories, ghost stories, stories of giant sand saints, devils and spirits, husband and wife tales, short humorous tales mostly relating to local characters As such folktales is a narrative literature, having supernatural, superstitions, high imagery, glorification and many more elements.
Folklore and folktales belong to the oral tradition of narrative literature Folktales includes legends, fables, fairy stories, ghost stories, stories of giant sand saints, devils and spirits, husband and wife tales, short humorous tales mostly relating to local characters As such folktales is a narrative literature, having supernatural, superstitions, high imagery, glorification and many more elements.
Folklore and folktales belong to the oral tradition of narrative literature Folktales includes legends, fables, fairy stories, ghost stories, stories of giant sand saints, devils and spirits, husband and wife tales, short humorous tales mostly relating to local characters As such folktales is a narrative literature, having supernatural, superstitions, high imagery, glorification and many more elements.
Folklore and folktales belong to the oral tradition of narrative literature Folktales includes legends, fables, fairy stories, ghost stories, stories of giant sand saints, devils and spirits, husband and wife tales, short humorous tales mostly relating to local characters As such folktales is a narrative literature, having supernatural, superstitions, high imagery, glorification and many more elements.
Folklore and folktales belong to the oral tradition of narrative literature Folktales includes legends, fables, fairy stories, ghost stories, stories of giant sand saints, devils and spirits, husband and wife tales, short humorous tales mostly relating to local characters As such folktales is a narrative literature, having supernatural, superstitions, high imagery, glorification and many more elements.
Folklore and folktales belong to the oral tradition of narrative literature Folktales includes legends, fables, fairy stories, ghost stories, stories of giant sand saints, devils and spirits, husband and wife tales, short humorous tales mostly relating to local characters As such folktales is a narrative literature, having supernatural, superstitions, high imagery, glorification and many more elements.
Folklore and folktales belong to the oral tradition of narrative literature Folktales includes legends, fables, fairy stories, ghost stories, stories of giant sand saints, devils and spirits, husband and wife tales, short humorous tales mostly relating to local characters As such folktales is a narrative literature, having supernatural, superstitions, high imagery, glorification and many more elements.
