Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 304 g
Life-stories from Ibibioland
Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 304 g
Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
ISBN: 978-1-138-84557-2
Verlag: Routledge
This volume is a collection of tales of life histories of 26 elderly women from Ibiboland. It obtains a first-hand record of the pattern of life and banishes the myth of primitivity of the African by illustrating the complexity of conversational language of peasants and market women.
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1. Introduction 2. The reluctant sorceress 3. The home daughter 4. The magic water-pot 5. A reprieved man’s daughter 6. A chief’s widow 7. The money-doubler’s widow 8. A village schoolmistress 9. A prosperous wife 10. A bitter woman 11. The barren wife 12. The widow bound by sorcery 13. A deaconess 14. The midwife’s tale 15. The hunter’s wife 16. The pawned daughter 17. A fortunate woman 18. The oldest inhabitant 19. A conservative 20. The twin who survived 21. The blind man’s wife 22. A happily-married woman 23. The slave’s daughter 24. A travelled woman 25. The witch’s great-grand-daughter 26. A lady member of Ekpo 27. A nursing sister
