Matengo folktales
By: recorded and translated by Joseph L. Mbele ; with commentaries.
Contributors: Mbele, Joseph.
Publisher: Buy Books on the web.com
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Bryn Mawr, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Matengo (African people) -- Folklore.; Tales -- Tanzania.
Genres: Folklore.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-142).
"English translations of 10 folktales from Southern Tanzania, which the author recorded in the mid-1970's. "Matengo" is the author's mother tonge and ..., there are some songs represented in the original Matengo as well"--P. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: How Hare helped Civet --; title: Comments on How Hare helped Civet --; title: Hare, Civet, and Antelope --; title: Comments on Hare, Civet and Antelope --; title: What Hare did to Lion and Hyena --; title: Comments on What Hare did to Lion and Hyena --; title: Hare and the great drought --; title: Comments on Hare and the great drought --; title: Hawk and Crow --; title: Comments on Hawk and Crow --; title: The monster in the rice field --; title: Comments on The monster in the rice field --; title: An uncle and his nephew --; title: Comments on An uncle and his nephew --; title: The tale of two women -- -- The tale of two women; title: Katigija --; title: Comments on Katigija --; title: Nokamboka and the baby monster --; title: Comments on Nokamboka and the baby monster --; title: Postscript : notes on the folktale.