Folktales of the Kxoe in the West Caprivi / Christa Kilian- Hatz

By:

Kilian- Hatz, Christa

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: German Series: Volume 5Publication details: Köln : Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 1999Description: 338 pages : maps, sketches; 25 cmISBN:

3-89645-081-6

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DDC classification:

NAM 398.2 KIL , IRL 398.2 KIL

Summary: The Kxoe belong to the Khoesan family and can be grouped into three dialectal and subtribal groups. They are spred over Caprivi, Botswana, Angola, South Africa and Zambia. The Kxoe distinguish between two main kinds of oral narratives, true stories and stories that are not true. Stories relate to hunting, plant stories and healing stories. Most of the fables are animal stories. All fables are associated with sketches relating to the contents of a story

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Namibian African Studies References on pages 337-338

The Kxoe belong to the Khoesan family and can be grouped into three dialectal and subtribal groups. They are spred over Caprivi, Botswana, Angola, South Africa and Zambia. The Kxoe distinguish between two main kinds of oral narratives, true stories and stories that are not true. Stories relate to hunting, plant stories and healing stories. Most of the fables are animal stories. All fables are associated with sketches relating to the contents of a story

Gamsberg Macmillan Publishers W013982 IR001647

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