Mpoto Fables and Folktales (Tanzania)
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2017
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The Mpoto are a Bantu people located along the shores of Lake Nyasa in the Ruvuma Region, Mbinga District, of southwestern Tanzania. Fables and folktales, as recalled by the first author, were recorded in 2013-2014 at Indiana University. Each text has been linguistically analyzed and glossed, providing readers the opportunity to compare the broad translation with specific words used in the texts. This is the first published collection on oral literature of the Mpoto people. The following recordings correspond with the book Mpoto Fables and Folktales (Tanzania), available at https://www.koeppe.de/titel_mpoto-fables-and-folktales-tanzania.
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LIST OF RECORDINGS — FABLES:
1) Ndava Linyaunyau liyenda nyatanyata wichu — "Why Spider moves very fast" (recorded 2/13/14); 2) Ndava Kapecha ayii ni nkela uyipi — "Why Hare has a short tail" (recorded 10/8/13); 3) Ndava Kapecha ni Lwiha hiyii hee ni ukocha — "Why Hare and Chameleon are not friends" (recorded 11/12/13); 4) Ndava Kapecha ni Liyani hikalekana ukochi wavi — "Why Hare and Monkey broke off their friendship" (recorded 2/13/14); 5) Ndava Liyani livenga Kapecha — "Why Monkey chases Hare" (recorded 10/16/13); 6) Cha Kapecha kanketikihi Litombele — "How Hare tricked Monkey" (recorded 3/13/14); 7) Cha Lihogho linketikihi Kapecha — "How Hyena tricked Hare" (recorded 10/1/13); 8) Cha Lihogho lihovitayi makakala ghaki — "How Hyena lost his power" (recorded 3/13/14); FOLKTALES: 9) Muhana nkata ni ndomi waki nkata — "The lazy wife and her lazy husband" (recoded 12/10/13); 10) Muhavi ni ling’wina — "The witch and the crocodile" (recorded 9/3/13); 11) Ndomi yaa ahokiti muhana — "The husband who wronged his wife" (recorded 10/2/13); 12) Cha nchokolo atowili — "How grandchild got married" (recoded 9/18/13)
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Mpoto, Mbinga District, Tanzania, folktales, audio
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