Oral literature and moral education among the lakeside Tonga of Northern Malawi : a study of Tonga culture in Northern Malawi /
This is a book about the Tonga of Northern Malawi, sometimes called the Lakeshore Tonga to distinguish them from other ethnic groups with the same name further west in Central Africa. The Lakeshore Tonga were the first ethnic group to identify themselves with the Christian faith. The purpose of the...
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| Language: | English |
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Mzuzu [Malawi] :
Mzuni Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Mzuni books ;
no. 13. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Copyright page; Title page; Contents; Foreword; Chapter One
- Oral Traditional Literature: A Survey; Oral Traditional Literature in Malawi; Oral Traditional Literature outside Malawi; Oral Transmission in Biblical and Traditional Texts; Myth and other Genres in Folk Tradition; Chapter Two
- The Tonga People and their Culture; Kinship and Locality; Chapter Three
- Forms and Nature of Tonga Oral Literature; Introduction; Tonga Artistic Expression; Classification of Tales; Stories about Animals; Stories about People and their Ecology; Stories about Chiuta and Origins.
- The Concept of NthanuThematic Analysis of the Stories; The Oral Tale Performance; Chapter Four
- Tonga Rituals and their Influence on Moral Education; The Cycle of Life; Chapter Five
- Influence of Christianty and Islam on Tonga Culture; Christianity and Tonga Customs; Islam and Tonga Traditional Values; Chapter Six
- Anthology of Tonga Myths and Folktales; Introduction; The Narratives and their Use in Moral Instruction; (1) A Legend about the Origin of the Tonga People; (2) Origin of Death (Chameleon and Lizard); (3) Cursing the Birds; (4) The Role of the Aged; (5) Quality of Friendship.
- (6) The Orphaned Millipede(7) The Head (Chimutu); (8) Hare and the Well; (9) The Three Brothers; (10) The Blind and the Hunchback; (11) Why Monkeys Live in Trees; (12) Why Hyena does not Look at Wild Cat; (13) The Dumb Maiden; (14) Why the Hyena has Ugly Spots; (15) The Wild Cat and the Rooster; (16) Courage; (17) Who had performed the best?; (18) The Five Helpers; (19) The Three Wives; (20) Breaking the Promise; (21) An Eye for an Eye; (22) Rich Man and Poor Man; (23) Finders Keepers; (24) Kindness Pays; (25) Friendship; (26) Friends for a time; (27) An Old Woman who did not Heed Advice.
- (28) The Lion and the Sparrow(29) Tupa and his Children; (30) The Roan Antelope and the Lion; (31) Dishonesty; (32) The Beautiful Proud Girl; (33) Someday someone may be better than you; (34) The Wisdom of the Spider; (35) The Fox who Cost the Life of his Wife; (36) The Lions and the Hare; (37) Evil Returns to the One who Does it; (38) The Greedy Hyena; (39) The Warning that Went Unheeded; (40) The Two Hunters; General Comments on Tonga Myths and Folktales; Chapter Seven
- An Anthology of Tonga Proverbs; Sources and Authority of Proverbs; An Anthology of Tonga Proverbs; 1 Abaya chiwanda.
- 2 Abaya soro cha3 Amunkhwele asekana viphata; 4 Boza liwele mweneko; 5 Changa epa wamko ku mchira wataya; 6 Charu mbanthu; 7 Chigau ndi ku mupozwa; 8 Chikumbu chimoza chituswa nyinda cha; 9 Chingana nyoko wawi ndi nyivu ndi nyoko mbwenu; 10 Chiuta wamto; 11 Chiwele vuli chingubaya Tungwa; 12 Cho chingukwezga Pusi, chingukwezga Munkhwere; 13 Cho chituza chitumba ng'oma cha; 14 Cho utanja ndichu chipunduwa; 15 Garu yiruma mbuyake; 16 Jenda-yija wangukukurwa ndi maji; 17 Juwani lapa mchenga nkhwambiya pamoza; 18 Kanda apa nani ndi kandepo; 19 Kanthu kekose kendi nyengo yaki.
