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Title: | Verba Africana: African languages and oral literatures: DVD documentation and digital materials |
Author: | Merolla, Daniela![]() |
Year: | 200* |
Language: | English |
City of publisher: | Leiden |
Publisher: | Department of Languages and Cultures of Africa and ELNWS FB Internationalisation, University of Leiden |
Geographic terms: | Africa Ghana Mali Tanzania |
Subjects: | oral literature storytelling oral literature (form) documentary films (form) |
External link: | http://www.hum2.leidenuniv.nl/verba-africana/ |
Abstract: | The Verba Africana series aims at producing DVDs for the video documentation, research and e-learning of African languages and oral literatures. The idea underlying this project is that both textual content and visual performance are essential for the classification, description and interpretation of African verbal arts as well as for the comprehension of their aesthetic quality and reception. Verba Africana 1: Ewe stories and storytellers from Ghana. Verba Africana 2: Zanzibar, Taatab and Ngoma performances. Verba Africana 3: Mali, L'épopée de Soundjata. Verba Africana 4: Hogbetsotso: celebration and songs of the Ewe migration story. Interview with Dr. Datey-Kumodzie. |