Baho Umwaka ... Simo za Umwaka za Ching’hwele [Tales and Animal Stories of the Kwere]

Hapo Zamani ... Hadithi za Zamani za Kikwere [Erzählungen und Tiergeschichten der Kwere]

Edited by: Karsten Legère, Shaaban Msumi. With a preface by: John G. Kiango. With an introduction by: Karsten Legère, Shaaban Msumi.

14 stories and animal fairy tales of the Kwere of Tanzania. The text is presented in two languages: on the left part of each page in Kikwere, an endangered language of Tanzania, on the right part in Kiswahili. Suitable reading material for the advanced Swahili learner and for Bantu researcher.

Under these links you will find further editions of fables and animal fairy tales in various African languages and cultures:

Accompanying material:

• Animal Husbands, Magic Horns and Water Spirits (ISBN 978-3-89645-221-4)
• Children Born from Eggs (ISBN 978-3-89645-192-7)
• Iraqw Texts (ISBN 978-3-927620-34-6)
• Lexikon der afrikanistischen Erzählforschung (ISBN 978-3-927620-64-3)
• Sagen und Schwänke in Afrika (ISBN 978-3-927620-69-8)
• Tales, Fables and Narratives of Rwanda (ISBN 978-3-89645-745-5)
• The |Xam and the Rain (ISBN 978-3-89645-866-7)
• The Forgotten Bride (ISBN 978-3-89645-193-4)
• Tiergeschichten in Afrika (ISBN 978-3-927620-98-8)
• Tricksters, Monsters and Clever Girls (ISBN 978-3-89645-128-6)

Cross-reference:

• Catalogue of the Khoisan Folktales of Southern Africa (ISBN 978-3-89645-870-4)
• From the Tana River to Lake Chad – Research in African Oratures and Literatures (ISBN 978-3-89645-836-0)
• Mandinka Spoken Art (ISBN 978-3-927620-63-6)

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