Marett, R. R (Robert Ranulph) 1866-1943 Search this
Physical description:
65 pages ; 24 cm
Type:
Translations into English
Folklore
Place:
Africa, West
Date:
2018
Notes:
English-only edition of the compilation originally published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1913.
Preface by R.R. Marett.
"Includes introductory section which details the history of the Hausa people and their relation to Islam."
"For the present work the services of a learned MAALAM, by name MAALAM Shaihu, were secured. He himself wrote down, or translated from manuscripts in Arabic, such information as was required. Much of the work contained in the present volumes involved, first, a translation from Arabic into Hausa, secondly, a transliteration of the Hausa writing, and thirdly, a translation into English from the Hausa"--Page 7.
AFA copy 39088019013648 Gift from Janet Stanley.
Summary:
"These classic stories are presented in much the same way as Aesop's fables. These legends of Hausa Folklore explain the origin of the spider, the cause of thunder, and how the wasp got its small waist. These fables personify morals and principled custom by using characterizations such as witches, chiefs, beautiful maidens, orphans, hunters, and giants."--Back cover.
