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Storytelling in Northern Zambia: Theory, Method, Practice and Other Necessary Fictions

Storytelling plays an important part in the vibrant cultural life of Zambia and in many other communities across Africa. This innovative book provides a collection and analysis of oral narrative traditions as practiced by five Bemba-speaking ethnic groups in Zambia. The integration of newly digitalised audio and video recordings into the text enables the reader to encounter the storytellers themselves and hear their narratives as they were...

Keywords:: folklore, African languages, myths and legends, Northern Zambia, Bemba-speaking groups, Zambia, social and cultural anthropology, ethnography

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Humanities / Africana or African American or Black Studies

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Material Type:: Open (Access) Textbook
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 10, 2018
Date Modified in MERLOT:: March 1, 2019
Author:: Robert Cancel, University of California, San Diego
Submitter:: Open Book Publishers
Primary Audience:: College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Professional
Technical Format:: Website

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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States