Download or read book Ikom Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria written by Elphinstone Dayrell and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria West Africa written by Elphinstone Dayrell and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1969 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MANY years ago a book on the Folk-Tales of the Eskimo was published, and the editor of The Academy (Dr. Appleton) told one of his minions to send it to me for revision. By mischance it was sent to an eminent expert in Political Economy, who, never suspecting any error, took the book for the text of an interesting essay on the economics of "the blameless Hyperboreans." Mr. Dayrell's "Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria" appeal to the anthropologist within me, no less than to the lover of what children and older people call "Fairy Tales." The stories are full of mentions of strange institutions, as well as of rare adventures. I may be permitted to offer some running notes and comments on this mass of African curiosities from the crowded lumber-room of the native mind. I. The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter.--The story, like the tales of the dark native tribes of Australia, rises from that state of fancy by which man draws (at least for purposes of fiction) no line between himself and the lower animals. Why should not the fair heroine, Adet, daughter of the tortoise, be the daughter of human parents? The tale would be none the less interesting, and a good deal more credible to the mature intelligence. But the ancient fashion of animal parentage is presented. It may have originated, like the stories of the Australians, at a time when men were totemists, when every person had a bestial or vegetable "family-name," and when, to account for these hereditary names, stories of descent from a supernatural, bestial, primeval race were invented. In the fables of the world, speaking animals, human in all but outward aspect, are the characters. The fashion is universal among savages; it descends to the Buddha's jataka, or parables, to sop and La Fontaine. There could be no such fashion if fables had originated among civilised human beings. The polity of the people who tell this story seems to be despotic. The king makes a law that any girl prettier than the prince's fifty wives shall be put to death, with her parents. Who is to be the Paris, and give the fatal apple to the most fair? Obviously the prince is the Paris. He falls in love with Miss Tortoise, guided to her as he is by the bird who is "entranced with her beauty." In this tribe, as in Homer's time, the lover offers a bride-price to the father of the girl. In Homer cattle are the current medium; in Nigeria pieces of cloth and brass rods are (or were) the currency. Observe the queen's interest in an affair of true love. Though she knows that her son's life is endangered by his honourable passion, she adds to the bride-price out of her privy purse. It is "a long courting"; four years pass, while pretty Adet is "ower young to marry yet." The king is very angry when the news of this breach of the royal marriage Act first comes to his ears. He summons the whole of his subjects, his throne, a stone, is set out in the market-place, and Adet is brought before him. He sees and is conquered.
Download or read book Nigerian Folk Stories Collected From The Efik Ibibio People of Ikom written by Elphinstone Dayrell and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elphinstone Dayrell collected folk tales from the Efik and Ibibio peoples of Southeastern Nigeria. The scope of these tales encompasses local mythology and stories suitable for children, to tales so cruel they will still shock a modern public.
Download or read book The King and the Ju Ju Tree written by Elphinstone Dayrell and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important collections of African folklore ever published. "Mr. Dayrell's "Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria" appeal to the anthropologist within me, no less than to the lover of what children and older people call "Fairy Tales." The stories are full of mentions of strange institutions, as well as of rare adventures. I may be permitted to offer some running notes and comments on this mass of African curiosities from the crowded lumber-room of the native mind. "The most striking point in the tales is the combination of good humour and good feeling with horrible cruelties, and the reign of terror of the Egbos and lesser societies. European influences can scarcely do much harm, apart from whisky, in Nigeria. As to religion, we do not learn that the Creator receives any sacrifice: in savage and barbaric countries He usually gets none. Only Ju Jus, whether ghosts or fiends in general, are propitiated. The Other is 'too high and too far.'" -Andrew Lang INTRODUCTION I. THE TORTOISE WITH A PRETTY DAUGHTER II. HOW A HUNTER OBTAINED MONEY FROM HIS FRIENDS THE LEOPARD, GOAT, BUSH CAT, AND COCK, AND HOW HE GOT OUT OF REPAYING THEM III. THE WOMAN WITH TWO SKINS IV. THE KING'S MAGIC DRUM V. ITUEN AND THE KING'S WIFE VI. OF THE PRETTY STRANGER WHO KILLED THE KING VII. WHY THE BAT FLIES BY NIGHT VIII. THE DISOBEDIENT DAUGHTER WHO MARRIED A SKULL IX. THE KING WHO MARRIED THE COCK'S DAUGHTER X. THE WOMAN, THE APE, AND THE CHILD XI. THE FISH AND THE LEOPARD'S WIFE; OR, WHY THE FISH LIVES IN THE WATER XII. WHY THE BAT IS ASHAMED TO BE SEEN IN THE DAYTIME XIII. WHY THE WORMS LIVE UNDERNEATH THE GROUND XIV. THE ELEPHANT AND THE TORTOISE; OR, WHY THE WORMS ARE BLIND AND WHY THE ELEPHANT HAS SMALL EYES XV. WHY A HAWK KILLS CHICKENS XVI. WHY THE SUN AND THE MOON LIVE IN THE SKY XVII. WHY THE FLIES BOTHER THE COWS XVIII. WHY THE CAT KILLS RATS XIX. THE STORY OF THE LIGHTNING AND THE THUNDER XX. WHY THE BUSH COW AND THE ELEPHANT ARE BAD FRIENDS XXI. THE COCK WHO CAUSED A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO TOWNS XXII. THE AFFAIR OF THE HIPPOPOTAMUS AND THE TORTOISE; OR, WHY THE HIPPOPOTAMUS LIVES IN THE WATER XXIII. WHY DEAD PEOPLE ARE BURIED XXIV. OF THE FAT WOMAN WHO MELTED AWAY XXV. CONCERNING THE LEOPARD, THE SQUIRREL, AND THE TORTOISE XXVI. WHY THE MOON WAXES AND WANES XXVII. THE STORY OF THE LEOPARD, THE TORTOISE, AND THE BUSH RAT XXVIII. THE KING AND THE JU JU TREE XXIX. HOW THE TORTOISE OVERCAME THE ELEPHANT AND THE HIPPOPOTAMUS XXX. OF THE PRETTY GIRL AND THE SEVEN JEALOUS WOMEN XXXI. HOW THE CANNIBALS DROVE THE PEOPLE FROM INSOFAN MOUNTAIN TO THE CROSS RIVER (IKOM) XXXII. THE LUCKY FISHERMAN XXXIII. THE ORPHAN BOY AND THE MAGIC STONE XXXIV. THE SLAVE GIRL WHO TRIED TO KILL HER MISTRESS XXXV. THE KING AND THE 'NSIAT BIRD XXXVI. CONCERNING THE FATE OF ESSIDO AND HIS EVIL COMPANIONS XXXVII. CONCERNING THE HAWK AND THE OWL XXXVIII. THE STORY OF THE DRUMMER AND THE ALLIGATORS XXXIX. THE 'NSASAK BIRD AND THE ODUDU BIRD XL. THE ELECTION OF THE KING BIRD (THE BLACK AND-WHITE FISHING EAGLE)
Download or read book Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky written by Elphinstone Dayrell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1968 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sun and Moon must leave their earthly home after Sun invites the Sea to visit.
Download or read book Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria West Africa written by Elphinstone Dayrell and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book FOLK STORIES FROM SOUTHERN NIGERIA WEST AFRICA written by ELPHINSTONE DAYRELL, F.R.G.S., F.R.A.I. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-01-04 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria" appeal to the anthropologist within me, no less than to the lover of what children and older people call "Fairy Tales." The stories are full of mentions of strange institutions, as well as of rare adventures. I may be permitted to offer some running notes and comments on this mass of African curiosities from the crowded lumber-room of the native mind.
Download or read book The Women s War of 1929 written by Marc Matera and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in what is known as the Women's War. This book brings togther, for the first time, the multiple perspectives of the war's colonized and colonial participants and examines its various actions within a single, gendered analytical frame.
Download or read book The Origins of Iron Metallurgy in Africa written by Hamady Bocoum and published by Unesco. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of specialists archaeologists, historians, ethnologists, metallographs and sociologists gathered in this volume show the vitality of research being carried out on iron processing in Africa since as early as the third millennium B.C.
Download or read book Contributions to Folkloristics written by William Russell Bascom and published by Meerut, India : Folklore Institute : Archana Publications. This book was released on 1981 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Myths and Legends of the Bantu written by Alice Werner and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Folktales of Nigeria written by Elena N. Grand and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-20 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigerian folktales are epic stories that can explain the world around us. These stories and myths have been told within generations. Nigerian folklore include proverbs, myths, "just so" stories, and riddles. "Just so" stories are designed to explain features of an animal, such as their appearance or their habits. Morals are either explicitly stated at the end of Nigerian folktales, or hidden within the text. Animals, especially the tortoise, hold prominence in the tales from Nigeria, and unlike other folk tales from Africa, there aren't many "trickster" figures like Anasi. Reading some of the stories from Nigeria, you may note that the stories bear similarity to some European folk tales, filled with poor peasant girls, royalty, and magical properties; however, many of the folk tales bear a magic that is all their own, with grand narratives readers have loved for years. The collection of Folktales from Nigeria consists of one book with 40 folktales collected from Southern Nigeria. The stories are full of mentions of strange institutions, as well as of rare adventures. Book includes: The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter How a Hunter obtained Money from his Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and how he got out of repaying them The Woman with Two Skins The King's Magic Drum Ituen and the King's Wife Of the Pretty Stranger who Killed the King Why the Bat flies by Night The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull The King who Married the Cock's Daughter The Woman, the Ape, and the Child The Fish and the Leopard's Wife; or, Why the Fish lives in the Water Why the Bat is Ashamed to be seen in the Daytime Why the Worms live Underneath the Ground The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and Why the Elephant has Small Eyes Why a Hawk kills Chickens Why the Sun and the Moon live in the Sky Why the Flies Bother the Cows Why the Cat kills Rats The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are bad Friends The Cock who caused a Fight between two Towns The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus lives in the Water Why Dead People are Buried Of the Fat Woman who Melted Away Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat The King and the Ju Ju Tree How the Tortoise overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women How the Cannibals drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River The Lucky Fisherman The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone The Slave Girl who tried to Kill her Mistress The King and the 'Nsiat Bird Concerning the Fate of Essido and his Evil Companions Concerning the Hawk and the Owl The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators The 'Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird The Election of the King Bird
Download or read book A Classification of Incidents in Certain Collections of African Folk tales written by Hortense Esther Braden and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stories from the Early World written by Rachel Mary Fleming and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the appendix, Dr. Fleure highlights the lessons of human geography that are recorded and revealed in traditional folk tales.
Download or read book Tribalism a Pragmatic Instrument for National Unity written by Nnamdi Azikiwe and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book There Was a Country written by Chinua Achebe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart—a long-awaited memoir of coming of age in a fragile new nation, and its destruction in a tragic civil war For more than forty years, Chinua Achebe maintained a considered silence on the events of the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967–1970, addressing them only obliquely through his poetry. Decades in the making, There Was a Country is a towering account of one of modern Africa’s most disastrous events, from a writer whose words and courage left an enduring stamp on world literature. A marriage of history and memoir, vivid firsthand observation and decades of research and reflection, There Was a Country is a work whose wisdom and compassion remind us of Chinua Achebe’s place as one of the great literary and moral voices of our age.
Download or read book Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria West Africa written by Elphinstone Dayrell and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
