Download or read book A Short History of the Bemba as Narrated by a Bemba written by P. M. B. Mushindo and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bemba Speaking Women of Zambia in a Century of Religious Change written by Hugo F. Hinfelaar and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1994 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes an important contribution to the study of religion in Africa as it traces the often painful changes that occurred among the Bemba-speaking women of Zambia since the arrival of the Western Missionaries. The author offers us his life-long search for the bed-rock of traditional religion as a basis for genuine cultural/religious development.
Download or read book Storytelling in Northern Zambia written by Robert Cancel and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Robert Cancel's thorough critical interpretation, combined with these newly digitalised audio and video materials, makes Storytelling in Northern Zambia a much needed addition to the slender corpus of African folklore studies that deal with storytelling performance. Cancel threads his way between the complex demands of African fieldwork studies, folklore theory, narrative modes, reflexive description and simple documentation and succeeds in bringing to the reader a set of performers and their performances that are vivid, varied and instructive. He illustrates this living narrative tradition with a wide range of examples, and highlights the social status of narrators and the complex local identities that are at play. Cancel's study tells us not only about storytelling but sheds light on the study of oral literatures throughout Africa and beyond. Its innovative format, meanwhile, explores new directions in the integration of primary source material into scholarly texts. This book is the third volume in the World Oral Literature Series, developed in conjunction with the World Oral Literature Project.
Download or read book A Beginner s Guide to Bemba written by Gostave C. Kasonde and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2010 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bemba language is a Bantu language that is spoken primarily in Zambia by the Bemba people and about 18 related ethnic groups. It is the second-most spoken lanuage in Zambia, after Nyanja. The purpose of this guide is to provide a structured set of lessons for those interested in learning Bemba. Following these lessons will give students of Bemba a basic level of understanding and conversation skills.
Download or read book Invisible Agents written by David M. Gordon and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-26 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invisible Agents shows how personal and deeply felt spiritual beliefs can inspire social movements and influence historical change. Conventional historiography concentrates on the secular, materialist, or moral sources of political agency. Instead, David M. Gordon argues, when people perceive spirits as exerting power in the visible world, these beliefs form the basis for individual and collective actions. Focusing on the history of the south-central African country of Zambia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, his analysis invites reflection on political and religious realms of action in other parts of the world, and complicates the post-Enlightenment divide of sacred and profane. The book combines theoretical insights with attention to local detail and remarkable historical sweep, from oral narratives communicated across slave-trading routes during the nineteenth century, through the violent conflicts inspired by Christian and nationalist prophets during colonial times, and ending with the spirits of Pentecostal rebirth during the neoliberal order of the late twentieth century. To gain access to the details of historical change and personal spiritual beliefs across this long historical period, Gordon employs all the tools of the African historian. His own interviews and extensive fieldwork experience in Zambia provide texture and understanding to the narrative. He also critically interprets a diverse range of other sources, including oral traditions, fieldnotes of anthropologists, missionary writings and correspondence, unpublished state records, vernacular publications, and Zambian newspapers. Invisible Agents will challenge scholars and students alike to think in new ways about the political imagination and the invisible sources of human action and historical change.
Download or read book Bemba Myth and Ritual written by Kevin Burns Maxwell and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1983 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By focusing on the differences between an oral society and a literate one, this study exemplifies the usefulness of contemporary media studies in analyzing cultural change in Africa. It also adds a distinctive chapter to the cultural history of the Bemba as a formally oral-aural people. Hearing is their primary cognitive sense and the physical properties of sound significantly affect the Bemba worldview. Their charter myth, initiation rites, traditional authorities and tales of spirits embody a network of central religious metaphors and limit-symbols, each of which is signalized by its acoustic characteristics. Literacy is restructuring Bemba consciousness and society, making vision the primary sense and written codes, not tribal personalities, the basis of government. Literacy de-animates cognitional objects, develops language for hermeneutical precision and frees individuals from the tribal needs to remember and conform. As more Bemba convert to Christianity and interiorize writing technology, elements of their oral religion ironically become more dependent for survival on acculturation with these literate forces.
Download or read book The Dancing Elephant written by Umberto Davoli and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Allegorical Speculation in an Oral Society written by Robert Cancel and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bemba written by Andrew Gray and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to modern Bemba, Zambia's most widely spoken language. Includes everyday phrases, an introduction to the sounds and grammar of the language, and English-Bemba and Bemba-English A-Z vocabulary.
Download or read book PA NSAKA BEMBA PROVERBS SAYINGS 1 Explained both in English and Bemba written by Joseph Mwila Bwembya and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PA NSAKA is a compilation of 1000 Bemba Proverbs and Sayings which have been explained both in English and Bemba. Delve into it and discover the rich traditions of the Bemba Speaking People of the Republic of Zambia and other neighboring countries.
Download or read book Bemba Bemba English English Bemba written by E. Hoch and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary focuses on popular words and phrases, compiled to assist students of Bemba or English.
Download or read book Localizing Modernity written by Jeremy Gould and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Bemba written by Andrew Roberts and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book White Fathers in Colonial Central Africa written by Friedrich Stenger and published by Lit Verlag. This book was released on 2001 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: """It is a remarkable work. Probably the most focussed on a critical examination of my theories on missionary discourse in Africa. Your rendering of my ideas is almost perfect."" Prof. V. Y. Mudimbe, Duke University ""This study of V. Y. Mudimbe's theories of missionary discourse in Africa makes an important contribution to research in the area of mission and colonial studies. The author not only successfully demythologises the missionary project but also provides the conceptual tools for the construction of the content of a post-missionary Christianity."" Prof. Peter B. Clarke, King's College, University of London F. W. Stenger, a member of the Missionaries of Africa [White Fathers], received his Ph. D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is lecturer at Tangaza College, Catholic University of East Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. "
Download or read book Bemba Children s Dictionary written by kasahorow and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-28 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are not enough Bemba books for children available online. Learn a new Bemba language word everyday! The Bemba Children's Dictionary is an illustrated version of the Bemba Learner's Dictionary. It is made especially for your multilingual child to develop their Bemba and English reading skills. Contains simple nouns, verbs and adjectives for every day use. Discover the joy of reading in Bemba and English together with your multilingual child. Written in Modern Bemba. Suitable for children 0 to 7 years old.
Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 1034 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases.
