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Book Synopsis Akan-Ashanti Folktales by : R. S Rattray
Download or read book Akan-Ashanti Folktales written by R. S Rattray and published by Prince Sarfo-Adu. This book was released on 2023-08-23 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of 75 Ashanti tales recorded in the Ashanti and Kwawu areas of Ghana.Each folktale in Twi/Akan dialect of the Tshi language, is followed by an English translation. The English translation is, throughout, made as nearly literal as possible.(At this point, one meets a certain difficulty in a conflict between a desire for accuracy and an endeavour to give a translation acceptable to English ears). First published in 1930 by R.S. Rattray, this edition features a modern Akan/Twi orthography with a brief introduction to the Language. Ashanti folktales often tell a moral lesson, describe a myth, or answer a question about the natural world. Most of the Ashanti tales use animal characters to represent human qualities such as jealousy, honesty, greed, and bravery. Ananse, the spider, is a trickster figure who appears in many of the Ashanti tales. With regard to the classification of these stories, it will be observed that the majority of them fall under one or other of the well-known headings: drolls and cumulative tales; apologues or tales with a moral; aetiological stories, accounting for physical characteristics in men and beasts, e.g. How the Leopard became Spotted; etymological tales, e.g. "How the Ram came to be called Odwanini". Each and all of the stories in this volume would, however, be classed by the Akan-speaking African under the generic title of “Anansesɛm” (Spider stories), whether the spider appeared in the tale or not.
Book Synopsis Akan-Ashanti Folk-tales by : Robert Sutherland Rattray
Download or read book Akan-Ashanti Folk-tales written by Robert Sutherland Rattray and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis AKAN-ASHANTI FOLKTALES (Revised and Annotated) by :
Download or read book AKAN-ASHANTI FOLKTALES (Revised and Annotated) written by and published by Prince Sarfo-Adu. This book was released on 2024-07-17 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of 75 Ashanti tales recorded in the Ashanti and Kwawu areas of Ghana.Each folktale in Twi/Akan dialect of the Tshi language, is followed by an English translation. The English translation is, throughout, made as nearly literal as possible.(At this point, one meets a certain difficulty in a conflict between a desire for accuracy and an endeavour to give a translation acceptable to English ears). First published in 1930 by R.S. Rattray, this edition features a modern Akan/Twi orthography with a brief introduction to the Language. Ashanti folktales often tell a moral lesson, describe a myth, or answer a question about the natural world. Most of the Ashanti tales use animal characters to represent human qualities such as jealousy, honesty, greed, and bravery. Ananse, the spider, is a trickster figure who appears in many of the Ashanti tales. With regard to the classification of these stories, it will be observed that the majority of them fall under one or other of the well-known headings: drolls and cumulative tales; apologues or tales with a moral; aetiological stories, accounting for physical characteristics in men and beasts, e.g. How the Leopard became Spotted; etymological tales, e.g. How the Ram came to be called Odwanini. Each and all of the stories in this volume would, however, be classed by the Akan-speaking African under the generic title of “Anansesɛm” (Spider stories), whether the spider appeared in the tale or not.
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Book Synopsis Akan-Ashanti Folktales by : Robert Sutherland Rattray
Download or read book Akan-Ashanti Folktales written by Robert Sutherland Rattray and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Akan-Ashanti Folk-Tales. Collected and Translated by ... R.S. Rattray ... and Illustrated by Africans of the Gold Coast Colony. Akan & Eng by : Robert Sutherland RATTRAY
Download or read book Akan-Ashanti Folk-Tales. Collected and Translated by ... R.S. Rattray ... and Illustrated by Africans of the Gold Coast Colony. Akan & Eng written by Robert Sutherland RATTRAY and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Akan Trickster Cycle by : Kwesi Yankah
Download or read book The Akan Trickster Cycle written by Kwesi Yankah and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ANANSI STORIES written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 13 Anansi stories in this short volume were originally, and unusually, an appendix to Popular Tales from the Norse by Sir George Webbe Dasent. Why he chose to include folklore from Africa and the Caribbean within a volume of Norse folklore has been forgotten in the mists of time. Abela Publishing has elected to re-publish these as a volume in their own right as an aide to Edgbarrow School’s fundraising campaign supporting the SOS Children’s Village in Asiakwa, Ghana. ANANSI or Ahnansi (Ah-nahn-see) “the trickster” is a cunning and intelligent spider and is one of the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore. The Anansi tales are believed to have originated in the Ashanti tribe in Ghana. (The word Anansi is Akan and means, simply, spider.) They later spread to other Akan groups and then to the West Indies, Suriname, and the Netherlands Antilles. On Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire he is known as Nanzi, and his wife as Shi Maria. He is also known as Ananse, Kwaku Ananse, and Anancy; and in the Southern United States he has evolved into Aunt Nancy. He is a spider, but often acts and appears as a man. The story of Anansi is akin to the Coyote or Raven the trickster found in many Native American cultures.
Book Synopsis West African Folktales by : Richard A. Spears
Download or read book West African Folktales written by Richard A. Spears and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1991-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of West African folktales drawn from prose narratives, proverbs, riddles, and songs.
Book Synopsis Anansi and the Box of Stories by : Stephen Krensky
Download or read book Anansi and the Box of Stories written by Stephen Krensky and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2008 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anansi And The Box Of Stories
Book Synopsis The Trickster in West Africa by : Robert D. Pelton
Download or read book The Trickster in West Africa written by Robert D. Pelton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The trickster appears in the myths and folktales of nearly every traditional society. Robert Pelton examines Ashanti, Fon, Yoruba, and Dogon trickster-figures in their social and mythical contexts and in light of contemporary thought, exploring the way the trickster links animality and ritual transformation; culture, sex, and laughter; cosmic process and personal history; divination and social change. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980. The trickster appears in the myths and folktales of nearly every traditional society. Robert Pelton examines Ashanti, Fon, Yoruba, and Dogon trickster-figures in their social and mythical contexts and in light of contemporary thought, exploring the way th
Book Synopsis Anansi and the Magic Drum by : Roselyn Byrne
Download or read book Anansi and the Magic Drum written by Roselyn Byrne and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'ANANSI & THE MAGIC DRUM' is the third book in the Tales from Ashanti Series and tells a tale about how greed, jealousy, and ambitious drive to be number one led to Anansi's humiliation in the community. Why has Anansi returned to hide in the ceiling of his room again, vowing never to come down again?
Book Synopsis Anansi and the Wisdom Pot by : Roselyn Byrne
Download or read book Anansi and the Wisdom Pot written by Roselyn Byrne and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My debut novel in the 'Tales from Ashanti series – ANANSI & THE WISDOM POT' is about how no one person can claim to have all the wisdom in the world. My version of this well-known tale, as it is in all my Tales from Ashanti series deals with the meaning of Ashanti traditional values, ceremonies and protocols and it is meant to explain, teach and educate the youth why certain traditions are performed and observed in the Ashanti nation. What Anansi had to go through on the journey to the palace of Nyame, the sky god to ask for the Wisdom Pot is filled with both captivating suspense and intrigue adventure.
Download or read book Anansi Does the Impossible written by and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anansi and his wife outsmart the Sky God and win back the beloved folktales of their people.
Download or read book Anansi the Spider written by and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1972 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky.
Book Synopsis Anansi Does the Impossible by : Verna Aardema
Download or read book Anansi Does the Impossible written by Verna Aardema and published by . This book was released on 1997-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
