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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | A comparative analysis of two Chadic tales |
Author: | Adwiraah, E. |
Year: | 1991 |
Periodical: | Afrika und Übersee: Sprachen, Kulturen |
Volume: | 74 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 39-48 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Chad |
Subjects: | Mukulu folk tales Mukulu language |
Abstract: | European versions of African tales are more often than not reduced to summaries of the stories concerned. The literary features which actually make a tale a piece of verbal art are encapsulated in its linguistic and structural form and can only be revealed with a certain mastery of the original language. This is shown by a structural analysis of two Mokilko tales, 'Hyena and Panther', and 'Elephant and Camel'. Mokilko is a Chadic language, spoken by the Mokilagi of Mukulu, which is located at the foot of Mount Gera, Chad. The tales were collected between 1971 and 1978 by H. Jungraithmayr and were published in German in 1981. Bibliogr., notes, ref. |