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Ikom Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria

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Author : Elphinstone Dayrell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913

Ikom Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria written by Elphinstone Dayrell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with Folklore categories.

Ikom Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria

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Author : E. Dayrell
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-10-01

Ikom Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria written by E. Dayrell and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-01 with Fiction categories.

From the Preface: These folk stories have been told to me by natives of the various countries to which they relate in the Ikom district of Southern Nigeria. In all cases they have had to be translated by an interpreter, and frequently it has been found necessary to employ two. Some of the stories are very old and have been handed down from one generation to another, but it is most difficult, almost impossible, to judge with any degree of accuracy how old they really are. The word "dowry" comes frequently into these tales, and is used as meaning the amount paid to the parents of the girl by the husband. In the introduction to my Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, published in 1910, Mr. Andrew Lang suggests that the term "bride-price" would better express the institution, and, no doubt, he is perfectly right. I have, however, adhered to the old expression of "dowry" as it is in general use, and is so well known on the "Coast." When a man is asked how much "dowry" he paid for his wife, he will frequently produce his "bush book," consisting of bundles of small sticks tied round with "tie-tie," one bundle for each year. He will then take one stick from a bundle, and holding it up will say: "That is two calabashes of tombo I gave to the father." He will then place the stick on the ground and take another, saying "This is one fathom of cloth I gave to the girl." The next stick may represent twenty yams given to the mother, and the following sticks may mean twenty-five rods, a silk handkerchief, a bar of soap and some bottles of gin. And so he goes on until the bundles are finished, the value of each article being noted in order to ascertain the total amount paid. The marriage customs vary considerably in different parts of the district. In most of the Cross River towns above Abaragba there is no restriction placed on young girls as to sexual intercourse, but when they are married twenty-five pieces of cloth (value 5s. per piece) would be paid as damages for adultery. There is, however, an old custom existing between several towns that no damages can be claimed for adultery. It may be of interest to the reader to state here briefly the usual form of marriage in vogue in this district as the point of several of the tales turns on the position of the woman with reference to her husband or lover. I do not, however, propose to enter into details, but merely to indicate what constitutes a binding form of marriage in this part of the country according to native custom. When a man takes a fancy to a young girl and wishes to marry her, he informs the parents of his intention, and gives them presents....

Ikom Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria

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Author : Dayrell Elphinstone 1869-1917
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2016-05-04

Ikom Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria written by Dayrell Elphinstone 1869-1917 and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-04 with categories.

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Nigerian Folk Stories Collected From The Efik Ibibio People Of Ikom

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Author : Elphinstone Dayrell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-10

Nigerian Folk Stories Collected From The Efik Ibibio People Of Ikom written by Elphinstone Dayrell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10 with categories.

Elphinstone Dayrell collected folk tales from the Efik and Ibibio peoples of Southeastern Nigeria. The scope of these tales encompasses local mythology and stories suitable for children, to tales so cruel they will still shock a modern public.

Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria West Africa

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Author : Elphinstone Dayrell
language : en
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2021-12-02

Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria West Africa written by Elphinstone Dayrell and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-02 with Fiction categories.

Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria West Africa

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Author : Dayrell Elphinstone
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2016-06-23

Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria West Africa written by Dayrell Elphinstone and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-23 with categories.

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Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria

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Author : Elphinstone Dayrell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-09-16

Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria written by Elphinstone Dayrell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-16 with categories.

Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria is a book published in 1910. The book contains forty folk stories and fairy tales from Southern Nigeria. The stories were collected by Elphinstone Dayrell, then the District Commissioner of the region. The book has an introduction by Andrew Lang, famous for his series of fairy books.

Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria West Africa

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Author : ELPHINSTONE DAYRELL, F.R.G.S., F.R.A.I.
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2016-01-04

Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria West Africa written by ELPHINSTONE DAYRELL, F.R.G.S., F.R.A.I. and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-04 with Travel categories.

"Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria" appeal to the anthropologist within me, no less than to the lover of what children and older people call "Fairy Tales." The stories are full of mentions of strange institutions, as well as of rare adventures. I may be permitted to offer some running notes and comments on this mass of African curiosities from the crowded lumber-room of the native mind.

Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria

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Author : Andrew Lang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-06

Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria written by Andrew Lang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06 with categories.

"MANY years ago a book on the Folk-Tales of the Eskimo was published, and the editor of The Academy (Dr. Appleton) told one of his minions to send it to me for revision. By mischance it was sent to an eminent expert in Political Economy, who, never suspecting any error, took the book for the text of an interesting essay on the economics of the blameless Hyperboreans."Mr. Dayrell's "Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria" appeal to the anthropologist within me, no less than to the lover of what children and older people call "Fairy Tales." The stories are full of mentions of strange institutions, as well as of rare adventures. The most striking point in the tales is the combination of good humour and good feeling with horrible cruelties, and the reign of terror of the Egbos and lesser societies. European influences can scarcely do much harm, apart from whisky, in Nigeria. As to religion, we do not learn that the Creator receives any sacrifice: in savage and barbaric countries He usually gets none. Only Ju Jus, whether ghosts or fiends in general, are propitiated. The Other is 'too high and too far.'" -Andrew Lang

Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria West Africa

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Author : Andrew Lang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-02-25

Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria West Africa written by Andrew Lang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-25 with categories.

"MANY years ago a book on the Folk-Tales of the Eskimo was published, and the editor of The Academy (Dr. Appleton) told one of his minions to send it to me for revision. By mischance it was sent to an eminent expert in Political Economy, who, never suspecting any error, took the book for the text of an interesting essay on the economics of the blameless Hyperboreans."Mr. Dayrell's "Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria" appeal to the anthropologist within me, no less than to the lover of what children and older people call "Fairy Tales." The stories are full of mentions of strange institutions, as well as of rare adventures. The most striking point in the tales is the combination of good humour and good feeling with horrible cruelties, and the reign of terror of the Egbos and lesser societies. European influences can scarcely do much harm, apart from whisky, in Nigeria. As to religion, we do not learn that the Creator receives any sacrifice: in savage and barbaric countries He usually gets none. Only Ju Jus, whether ghosts or fiends in general, are propitiated. The Other is 'too high and too far.'" -Andrew Lang